Expense Ratio
The annual fee the ETF charges, deducted daily from NAV. A 0.05% ratio costs you $5/year per $10,000 invested, over 30 years that's the difference between a great fund and a mediocre one.
Learn more →iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETFIHF$56.54+$0.06(+0.11%)as of 2026-08-19
Expense0.38%YTD+17.94%
BlackRock (iShares)Equity
NAV
$56.54
Net Assets
-
Expense Ratio
0.38%
YTD
+17.94%
1Y
+21.96%
3Y CAGR
+3.87%
5Y CAGR
+1.40%
The index measures the performance of the healthcare providers sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by SPDJI. The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. It is non-diversified.
Price History1,333 daily observations
Price History▲ 21.96% over 1Y
Monthly Returns
Historically, Jun has averaged the highest return (+2.0%); Sep the lowest (-1.6%).
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -5.0%Negative MonthJan 2026: -5.01% | +1.3%Neutral MonthFeb 2026: +1.32% | -9.3%Negative MonthMar 2026: -9.30% | +15.3%Positive MonthApr 2026: +15.29% | +4.0%Positive MonthMay 2026: +4.05% | +10.2%Positive MonthJun 2026: +10.21% | +1.9%Neutral MonthJul 2026: +1.90% | +0.3%*Neutral MonthAug 2026: +0.28% | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | +10.0%Positive MonthJan 2025: +10.02% | -3.7%Negative MonthFeb 2025: -3.67% | +3.8%Positive MonthMar 2025: +3.81% | -4.8%Negative MonthApr 2025: -4.77% | -5.6%Negative MonthMay 2025: -5.65% | +2.6%Positive MonthJun 2025: +2.55% | -14.4%Negative MonthJul 2025: -14.39% | +13.4%Positive MonthAug 2025: +13.40% | +4.6%Positive MonthSep 2025: +4.57% | -1.9%Neutral MonthOct 2025: -1.92% | +2.1%Positive MonthNov 2025: +2.13% | -3.1%Negative MonthDec 2025: -3.09% |
| 2024 | -1.1%Neutral MonthJan 2024: -1.05% | +1.9%Neutral MonthFeb 2024: +1.94% | +3.0%Positive MonthMar 2024: +2.97% | -5.0%Negative MonthApr 2024: -4.95% | +1.6%Neutral MonthMay 2024: +1.60% | -0.5%Neutral MonthJun 2024: -0.47% | +7.6%Positive MonthJul 2024: +7.57% | +3.6%Positive MonthAug 2024: +3.62% | -2.3%Negative MonthSep 2024: -2.26% | -9.0%Negative MonthOct 2024: -8.97% | +5.1%Positive MonthNov 2024: +5.12% | -12.2%Negative MonthDec 2024: -12.19% |
| 2023 | -0.1%Neutral MonthJan 2023: -0.12% | -4.4%Negative MonthFeb 2023: -4.36% | -3.3%Negative MonthMar 2023: -3.33% | +3.9%Positive MonthApr 2023: +3.95% | -4.8%Negative MonthMay 2023: -4.79% | +4.5%Positive MonthJun 2023: +4.55% | +2.7%Positive MonthJul 2023: +2.67% | -5.6%Negative MonthAug 2023: -5.62% | -0.7%Neutral MonthSep 2023: -0.71% | +0.8%Neutral MonthOct 2023: +0.83% | +2.7%Positive MonthNov 2023: +2.72% | +3.0%Positive MonthDec 2023: +3.01% |
| 2022 | -7.7%Negative MonthJan 2022: -7.70% | +2.1%Positive MonthFeb 2022: +2.12% | +3.4%Positive MonthMar 2022: +3.39% | -6.0%Negative MonthApr 2022: -6.04% | -0.8%Neutral MonthMay 2022: -0.83% | -3.1%Negative MonthJun 2022: -3.10% | +8.3%Positive MonthJul 2022: +8.28% | -3.1%Negative MonthAug 2022: -3.13% | -4.6%Negative MonthSep 2022: -4.65% | +8.3%Positive MonthOct 2022: +8.30% | +0.9%Neutral MonthNov 2022: +0.93% | -4.1%Negative MonthDec 2022: -4.14% |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | +3.3%Positive MonthMay 2021: +3.27% | -1.8%Neutral MonthJun 2021: -1.81% | +0.8%Neutral MonthJul 2021: +0.81% | -0.0%Neutral MonthAug 2021: -0.01% | -4.8%Negative MonthSep 2021: -4.78% | +9.0%Positive MonthOct 2021: +8.96% | -6.6%Negative MonthNov 2021: -6.60% | +11.5%Positive MonthDec 2021: +11.52% |
| Avg±SD |
* Current month — value will change until month-end.
Each cell is the percentage change in closing price from the end of the prior month to the end of this month. The bottom row shows the average return for that calendar month across the selected years, plus or minus one standard deviation — the range that historically contained roughly two-thirds of outcomes. Past monthly patterns are not a forecast of future returns.
Seasonal Tendency
This aggregates every month by calendar position — all Januaries together, all Februaries together, and so on — to show whether a given month has leaned positive or negative historically. ‘Simple’ counts each month as +1 or −1. ‘Weighted’ gives larger moves more influence: +2 above +10%, −2 below −10%. With only 6 years of history for this asset, each month’s score reflects a small number of observations — read it as a historical tendency, not a reliable seasonal pattern.
Historical Trend
This tracks a running tally across the asset’s full price history: each month adds or subtracts based on whether it was positive or negative. A rising line means more positive months than negative so far; a flattening or falling line means recent months have leaned negative. This measures historical month-to-month consistency, not expected future performance.
Year-to-Date ROI
Latest: 1.179x (2026)
Year-to-date return is calculated by dividing each day’s closing price by the price on January 1st of that year (or the asset’s first available price if it began trading mid-year). The custom average line shows the mean YTD return at each calendar day across the selected years. The standard deviation band shows the range within which returns have historically fallen — at 1 SD, roughly two-thirds of years; at 2 SD, roughly 95%. Past year-to-date patterns do not predict future returns. The average and standard deviation band are computed from the year set chosen in “Average from”, which is independent of which year lines are displayed. The current in-progress year is excluded from these calculations, since a partial year is not comparable to complete ones. Election-cycle groupings follow the US presidential calendar and are offered only for US and crypto assets.
Returns PerformanceTrailing total returns
| YTD | 1Y | 3Y CAGR | 5Y CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|
| +17.94% | +21.96% | +3.87% | +1.40% |
Expense Ratio
Net (after waivers)0.38%
Gross (before waivers)0.38%
Net expense ratio reflects fee waivers and reimbursements actually paid by investors. Gross is the full management cost.
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How closely the ETF's returns match its benchmark. Index ETFs aim for near-zero tracking error; high tracking error in an index fund usually signals fees, sampling, or poor management.
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About This ETF
Provider
BlackRock (iShares)
Asset Class
Equity
Inception Date
May 1, 2006
The index measures the performance of the healthcare providers sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by SPDJI. The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. It is non-diversified.
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