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About iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF
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Inception date
Sep 22, 2020
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
ISIN
US46436E5776
GOVZ is passively managed to capture the long end of the US Treasury curve. As such investor should expect the performance to fluctuate with changes in interest rates. The fund holds a small portfolio of Treasury STRIPS with at least 25 years to maturity. STRIPS are securities that promise single payment upon maturity without any semi-annual coupons. The types of securities are sold at a discount to face value but mature at par. The underlying index is weights securities by their market value and is rebalanced quarterly.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government99.99%
Cash0.01%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
GOVZ last dividends amounted to 0.04 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.04 USD in dividends, which shows a 1.45% decrease.
GOVZ assets under management is 301.10 M USD. It's risen 7.72% over the last month.
GOVZ fund flows account for −41.14 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, GOVZ pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 4.90%. The last dividend (Sep 5, 2025) amounted to 0.04 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
GOVZ shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Sep 22, 2020, and its management style is Passive.
GOVZ expense ratio is 0.10% meaning you'd have to pay 0.10% of your investment to help manage the fund.
GOVZ follows the ICE BofA Long US Treasury Principal STRIPS. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
GOVZ invests in bonds.
GOVZ price has risen by 3.28% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −18.86% decrease. See more dynamics on GOVZ price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a 3.80% increase in three-month performance and has decreased by −15.80% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a 3.80% increase in three-month performance and has decreased by −15.80% in a year.
GOVZ trades at a premium (0.21%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.