iShares US Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT)
Bonds · US Treasuries · data since 2012-02-24 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.13%
7d
-0.66%
30d
-1.19%
YTD
-0.63%
1y
+2.42%
iShares US Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.0 | 1.7 | -1.7 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -1.0 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | -1.7 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | -1.1 | 1.3 | -0.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | -0.4 |
| 2024 | -0.2 | -1.3 | 0.8 | -2.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | -2.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | -2.3 | 2.9 | 0.4 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -2.3 | -1.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 2022 | -2.6 | -0.8 | -3.2 | -3.0 | 0.0 | -0.8 | 1.6 | -2.6 | -3.4 | -1.3 | 2.7 | -0.7 |
| 2021 | -0.4 | -1.8 | -1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | -0.1 | -1.1 | -0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | -1.3 | 0.3 | -1.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| 2019 | 1.0 | -0.3 | 2.0 | -0.4 | 2.4 | 0.8 | -0.0 | 3.4 | -0.8 | 0.0 | -0.3 | -0.6 |
| 2018 | -1.3 | -0.7 | 0.8 | -0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | -0.5 | 0.8 | -0.9 | -0.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -0.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | -0.9 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 2.1 | 0.9 | -0.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.5 | -0.7 | 0.0 | -1.1 | -2.9 | -0.0 |
| 2015 | 2.9 | -1.7 | 0.6 | -0.6 | -0.3 | -0.9 | 1.1 | -0.1 | 0.9 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.3 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 0.3 | -0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 1.2 | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | -0.1 |
| 2013 | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | -1.7 | -1.1 | -0.2 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | -0.2 | -0.8 |
| 2012 | · | 0.0 | -0.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | -0.5 | 1.0 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.6 |
| Avg | 0.4 | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -0.5 | -0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
returnsview.com
Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.4% | -0.0% | +0.2% | -0.1% | +0.3% | +0.2% | +0.5% | +0.2% | -0.5% | -0.5% | +0.5% | +0.1% |
| Win rate | 57%/14 | 47%/15 | 53%/15 | 53%/15 | 67%/15 | 53%/15 | 57%/14 | 43%/14 | 36%/14 | 29%/14 | 64%/14 | 36%/14 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-19.1%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±1.3%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
50%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+3.49%
2023-11
Worst month
-3.41%
2022-09
Longest streaks
5▲ / 6▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About iShares US Treasury Bond ETF
iShares US Treasury Bond ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2012. Since 2012 it has ground out +19% overall — not every story is a rocket.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2023 at +3.49%; its worst, September 2022 at -3.41%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.