Ishares Governmentcredit Bond Etf Profile
| GBF Etf | USD 103.52 0.06 0.06% |
PerformanceInsignificant
| Odds Of DistressLow
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IShares GovernmentCredit is trading at 103.52 as of the 24th of July 2025. This is a 0.06 percent decrease since the beginning of the trading day. The etf's lowest day price was 103.52. IShares GovernmentCredit has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years but had a somewhat insignificant performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 25th of April 2025 and ending today, the 24th of July 2025. Click here to learn more.
The underlying index measures the performance of U.S. dollar-denominated U.S. IShares GovernmentCredit is traded on NYSEARCA Exchange in the United States. More on iShares GovernmentCredit Bond
Moving together with IShares Etf
| 0.91 | BND | Vanguard Total Bond Sell-off Trend | PairCorr |
| 1.0 | AGG | iShares Core Aggregate Sell-off Trend | PairCorr |
| 0.99 | BIV | Vanguard Intermediate Sell-off Trend | PairCorr |
| 1.0 | SPAB | SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Sell-off Trend | PairCorr |
| 1.0 | EAGG | iShares ESG Aggregate | PairCorr |
| 1.0 | FLCB | Franklin Templeton ETF | PairCorr |
Moving against IShares Etf
IShares Etf Highlights
| Thematic Ideas | (View all Themes) |
| Old Names | [Globalance Dividend Growers, BILFINGER - Hanover Stock Exchang] |
| Business Concentration | HDAX Price, HDAX Performance, DAX Midcap, Investment Grade ETFs, Broad Debt ETFs, Intermediate Core Bond, iShares (View all Sectors) |
| Issuer | iShares |
| Inception Date | 2007-01-05 |
| Benchmark | Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index |
| Entity Type | Regulated Investment Company |
| Asset Under Management | 140.11 Million |
| Average Trading Volume | 7,806 |
| Asset Type | Fixed Income |
| Category | Broad Debt |
| Focus | Investment Grade |
| Market Concentration | Developed Markets |
| Region | North America |
| Administrator | State Street Bank and Trust Company |
| Advisor | BlackRock Fund Advisors |
| Custodian | State Street Bank and Trust Company |
| Distributor | BlackRock Investments, LLC |
| Portfolio Manager | James Mauro, Scott Radell |
| Transfer Agent | State Street Bank and Trust Company |
| Fiscal Year End | 28-Feb |
| Exchange | NYSE Arca, Inc. |
| Number of Constituents | 3,242 |
| Market Maker | Susquehanna |
| Total Expense | 0.2 |
| Management Fee | 0.2 |
| Country Name | USA |
| Returns Y T D | 3.53 |
| Name | iShares GovernmentCredit Bond ETF |
| Currency Code | USD |
| Open Figi | BBG000RG3K60 |
| In Threey Volatility | 7.04 |
| 1y Volatility | 5.05 |
| 200 Day M A | 103.36 |
| 50 Day M A | 103.17 |
| Code | GBF |
| Updated At | 24th of July 2025 |
| Currency Name | US Dollar |
iShares GovernmentCredit Bond [GBF] is traded in USA and was established 2007-01-05. The fund is classified under Intermediate Core Bond category within iShares family. The entity is thematically classified as Investment Grade ETFs. IShares GovernmentCredit currently have 152.89 M in assets under management (AUM). , while the total return for the last 3 years was 1.7%.
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Geographic Allocation (%)
Sector Allocation
Investors will always prefer to have their portfolios divercified against different sectors. The broad sector allocation increases the possibility of making a profit or at least avoiding a loss. However, this may also reduce the expected return on IShares Etf. Generally, it depends on diversification level and type but usually, the broader the sector allocation, the less risk can be expected from holding IShares Etf, and the less return is expected.
Institutional investors that are interested in enforcing a sector tilt in their portfolio can use exchange-traded funds, such as iShares GovernmentCredit Bond Etf, as a low-cost alternative to building a custom portfolio. So, using sector ETFs to diversify your portfolio can be a profitable strategy. However, no matter what sectors are desirable at a given time, no single industry should ever make up more than 20 percent of your stock portfolio.
IShares GovernmentCredit Risk Profiles
The market premium is part of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which most analysts and investors use to calculate the acceptable rate of return on investment in IShares GovernmentCredit. At the center of the CAPM is the concept of risk and reward, which is usually communicated by investors using alpha and beta measures.
| Risk Adjusted Performance | 0.0419 | |||
| Jensen Alpha | (0.01) | |||
| Total Risk Alpha | (0.06) | |||
| Sortino Ratio | (0.63) |
IShares GovernmentCredit Against Markets
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in iShares GovernmentCredit Bond. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in bureau of labor statistics. You can also try the Insider Screener module to find insiders across different sectors to evaluate their impact on performance.
The market value of IShares GovernmentCredit is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of IShares that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of IShares GovernmentCredit's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is IShares GovernmentCredit's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because IShares GovernmentCredit's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect IShares GovernmentCredit's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between IShares GovernmentCredit's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if IShares GovernmentCredit is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, IShares GovernmentCredit's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.