IYM: iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF
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IYM at a glance
IYM returned +32.02% over the past year and +7.92% a year over five years. Its worst drop in that year was -13.61%, smaller than 42% of ETFs on Redstone, and its Sharpe ratio of 1.28 beats 90% of ETFs on Redstone. It yields 1.24%.
Current Drawdown
-5.45%
Rolling Volatility
19.40%
Dividends
IYM dividends
Yield
1.24%
Paid, past year
$2.30
Pays
Quarterly
Growth a year
-4.5%
Per share, by year
Yearly return over 5 years
IYM paid $2.30 a share over the past year, every quarter. Its yearly rate fell from $2.67 in 2022 to $2.33 in 2025, 4.5% a year. With dividends reinvested it returned +7.92% a year over five years, against +6.12% on price alone.
›All 20 payments since Dec 13, 2021
- Sep 15, 2026$0.5862
- Jun 15, 2026$0.4871
- Mar 17, 2026$0.4685
- Dec 16, 2025$0.7574
- Sep 16, 2025$0.6188
- Jun 16, 2025$0.4744
- Mar 18, 2025$0.4779
- Dec 17, 2024$0.5743
- Sep 25, 2024$0.6117
- Jun 11, 2024$0.5023
- Mar 21, 2024$0.4586
- Dec 20, 2023$0.733
- Sep 26, 2023$0.7284
- Jun 7, 2023$0.5271
- Mar 23, 2023$0.4556
- Dec 13, 2022$0.7065
- Sep 26, 2022$0.7166
- Jun 9, 2022$0.8255
- Mar 24, 2022$0.424
- Dec 13, 2021$0.7025
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About IYM
The iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the basic materials sector. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Russell 1000 Basic Materials RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index, which measures the performance of the basic materials sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by FTSE Russell.
From its prospectus, filed Aug 31, 2026- Category
- Materials
- Expense ratio
- 0.37%
- Fund size
- $1.3B
- Inception
- Jun 2000
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