# iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (ISTB): ETF Facts & Distributions > Markdown mirror of https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/istb for AI agents. Same live data as the HTML page, regenerated on the same refresh cycle. Not investment advice. - Issuer: IShares · Asset class: Fixed Income - Strategy: Passive Index · Inception: 2012-10-18 iShares Trust - iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF is an exchange traded fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. It invests in fixed income markets of global region. The fund primarily invests in U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate securities such as U.S. treasury bonds, government-related bonds, investment-grade and high yield U.S. corporate bonds, mortgage-backed pass-through securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities, Eurodollar bonds, and U.S. dollar-denominated emerging market bonds with remaining maturities be... ## Key Facts | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Price | $47.44 | | Expense Ratio | 0.06% | | Assets Under Management | $5.33B | | NAV | $47.42 | | Holdings Count | 7568 | | Distribution Yield (TTM) | 4.35% | | Annual Distribution (TTM) | $2.07 /share | | Distribution Frequency | Monthly | | 52-Week Range | $47.01 – $49.05 | | Beta | 0.39 | ## Latest Distribution - Amount: $0.1742 /share - Ex-date: 2026-10-01 - Pay date: 2026-10-06 ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does ISTB invest in? iShares Trust - iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF is an exchange traded fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. It invests in fixed income markets of global region. The fund primarily invests in U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate securities such as U.S. treasury bonds, government-related bonds, investment-grade and high yield U.S. corporate bonds, mortgage-backed pass-through securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities, Eurodollar bonds, and U.S. dollar-denominated emerging market bonds with remaining maturities between one and five years. It seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index and the Bloomberg U.S. Universal 1-5 Year Index, by using representative sampling technique. iShares Trust - iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF was formed on October 18, 2012 and is domiciled in the United States. ### What is the expense ratio of ISTB? iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (ISTB) charges an expense ratio of 0.06%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations. ### What is ISTB's dividend yield? ISTB's trailing-twelve-month yield is 4.35%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price. ### What is the duration of ISTB? Effective duration measures ISTB's sensitivity to interest-rate changes: a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. ISTB's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. ### What is the credit quality of ISTB? ISTB's credit quality breakdown (the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below) is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds. ### What is the yield to maturity of ISTB? Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from ISTB if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. ISTB's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. It differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid. ### Does ISTB pay a dividend? Yes, iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (ISTB) distributes dividends to shareholders. The trailing-twelve-month yield is 4.35%. Full dividend history is on this page. ### How often does ISTB pay dividends? iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF pays dividends Monthly. Each ex-dividend date, record date, and payment date is listed in the dividend history table on this page. ### When is ISTB's next ex-dividend date? The most recently announced ex-dividend date for ISTB was 2026-10-01. The next ex-date typically follows Monthly; once announced it appears at the top of the dividend history table on this page. ### How much will ISTB's expense ratio cost me over 30 years? On a $10,000 investment compounding at 7% gross return, a 0.06% 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 ISTB charge its expense ratio? The expense ratio is deducted in tiny daily slices from ISTB'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 ISTB cost more than a fund like VOO? ISTB is a passive index fund (current expense ratio 0.06%). 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 ISTB? The Lower-Fee Alternatives card above lists ETFs following the same investment strategy as ISTB (0.06%) 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/istb - Distribution history: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/istb/dividend - Holdings & diversification: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/istb/diversification - Fees & cheaper alternatives: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/istb/expenses - Peer comparison: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/istb/peers Data sourced from primary filings and market data providers; see https://www.dividenddata.com/methodology.