# iShares North American Natural Resources ETF (IGE): ETF Facts & Distributions > Markdown mirror of https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/ige for AI agents. Same live data as the HTML page, regenerated on the same refresh cycle. Not investment advice. - Issuer: IShares · Asset class: Equity - Strategy: Passive Index · Inception: 2001-10-22 iShares Trust - iShares North American Natural Resources ETF is an exchange traded fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. It is managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. The fund invests in public equity markets of the United States and Canada region. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across energy, energy equipment and services, oil, gas and consumable fuels, materials, construction materials, construction, containers and packaging, metals and mining, paper and forest products, forest products, paper products sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across dive... ## Key Facts | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Price | $66.18 | | Expense Ratio | 0.37% | | Assets Under Management | $837.1M | | NAV | $66.44 | | Holdings Count | 149 | | Distribution Yield (TTM) | 1.82% | | Annual Distribution (TTM) | $1.20 /share | | Distribution Frequency | Quarterly | | 52-Week Range | $46.65 – $67.33 | | Beta | 0.30 | ## Latest Distribution - Amount: $0.3165 /share - Ex-date: 2026-09-15 - Pay date: 2026-09-18 ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does IGE invest in? iShares Trust - iShares North American Natural Resources ETF is an exchange traded fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. It is managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. The fund invests in public equity markets of the United States and Canada region. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across energy, energy equipment and services, oil, gas and consumable fuels, materials, construction materials, construction, containers and packaging, metals and mining, paper and forest products, forest products, paper products sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. The fund seeks to track the performance of the S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index, by using representative sampling technique. iShares Trust - iShares North American Natural Resources ETF was formed on October 22, 2001 and is domiciled in the United States. ### What is the expense ratio of IGE? iShares North American Natural Resources ETF (IGE) charges an expense ratio of 0.37%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations. ### How big is IGE? iShares North American Natural Resources ETF (IGE) manages $837.1M in total assets. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure. Funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation. ### Is IGE actively managed or an index fund? IGE is a passive index fund. It tracks a published benchmark by holding the constituents in their published weights. Index funds typically charge low expense ratios (IGE's is 0.37%) because there's no security selection cost. ### When was IGE launched? iShares North American Natural Resources ETF (IGE) launched in October 2001 and is managed by IShares. ### How has IGE performed? IGE's total return (price change plus reinvested distributions) is charted at the top of this page. Switch the price chart to Total Return and pick a 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, or 10-year window to read the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over each horizon. ### Does IGE pay a dividend? iShares North American Natural Resources ETF (IGE) currently distributes little or no income. Trailing-twelve-month yield is 1.82%. Investors looking for income should consider income-focused alternatives. See the Peers tab. ### How often does IGE pay dividends? iShares North American Natural Resources ETF pays dividends Quarterly. Each ex-dividend date, record date, and payment date is listed in the dividend history table on this page. ### What is IGE's dividend yield? IGE's trailing-twelve-month yield is 1.82%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price. ### When is IGE's next ex-dividend date? The most recently announced ex-dividend date for IGE was 2026-09-15. The next ex-date typically follows Quarterly; once announced it appears at the top of the dividend history table on this page. ### How much will IGE's expense ratio cost me over 30 years? On a $10,000 investment compounding at 7% gross return, a 0.37% expense ratio quietly compounds against your balance every year. The Fee Compounding Forecast card above projects the dollar drag for any holding period and assumption you pick. The typical result for a 1.0% expense ratio on a 30-year hold is roughly 25% of the final balance lost to fees. ### How does IGE charge its expense ratio? The expense ratio is deducted in tiny daily slices from IGE's net asset value (NAV). You never see a bill. The price quoted on every exchange is already net of fees. There's no "fee day" to avoid; the cost is continuous and built into the trading price. ### Why does IGE cost more than a fund like VOO? IGE is a passive index fund (current expense ratio 0.37%). Differences from broad-market ETFs like VOO usually come from index licensing fees, asset class (bond funds typically run cheaper than equity), or fund scale (smaller funds spread fixed operating costs across less AUM). ### Are there cheaper alternatives to IGE? The Lower-Fee Alternatives card above lists ETFs following the same investment strategy as IGE (0.37%) but at a lower expense ratio. Each row shows the fee gap, the peer's AUM as a liquidity sanity-check, and a direct link to that fund's analysis page. Cheaper price doesn't automatically mean better. Verify the peer holds what you actually want. ## More on Dividend Data - Overview (HTML): https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/ige - Distribution history: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/ige/dividend - Holdings & diversification: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/ige/diversification - Fees & cheaper alternatives: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/ige/expenses - Peer comparison: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/ige/peers Data sourced from primary filings and market data providers; see https://www.dividenddata.com/methodology.