Summary
iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 25. The ten largest make up 71% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.37%
- Fund size
- $975.1M
- Positions
- 25
- Dividend yield
- 1.75%
- Running since
- 2000
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.37% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- Easy to buy and sell: about $42.2M changes hands a day.
- It has been running since 2000.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 71% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 95% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 43% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -6.9%
- 3 months
- -4.8%
- This year
- +14%
- 1 year
- +20%
- 3 years
- +88%
- 5 years
- +19%
- 10 years
- +23%
- Avg. market cap
- $270.6B
- P/E
- 17.5x
- Forward P/E
- 12.6x
- P/S
- 2.2x
- P/B
- 2.8x
- P/FCF
- 15.7x
- EV/EBITDA
- 13.9x
- Dividend yield
- 1.84%
- ROIC
- 10.8%
- ROE
- 9.6%
- Gross margin
- 55.9%
- Operating margin
- 9.8%
- Net margin
- -7.0%
- Payout ratio
- 32.3%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.4x
- Beta
- 0.69
Weighted average of the 22 largest companies, which make up 100% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 CSCisco CSCO 24%
- 2 ANArista ANET 11%
- 3 VZVerizon VZ 11%
- 4 TAT&T T 4.4%
- 5 SPSpaceX SPCX 3.8%
- 6 MSMotorola MSI 3.6%
- 7 CICiena CIEN 3.5%
- 8 CMComcast CMCSA 3.3%
- 9 TMT-Mobile US TMUS 3.3%
- 10 UIUbiquiti UI 3.3%
Positions in the fund: 25. The ten largest make up 71% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 95%
- Luxembourg 2.6%
- Bermuda 2.1%
- Other countries 0.04%
By company size
- Mega cap 39%
- Large cap 51%
- Mid cap 9.7%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest country: United States (95%). Largest size group: Large cap (51%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $37.00
- Over 20 years
- $1,809
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $37.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $1,809.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +2.1%
- Deepest drop
- -43%
- Yearly volatility
- 22%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 2.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 43% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.75%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.18
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.67 per share, which is 1.75% of today's price. The last payment was $0.18 on Sep 15, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $42.2M
- Shares a day
- 1.1M
On an average day about $42.2M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 17.5
- Average Bulios Score
- 62 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 31%
- Fairly valued 28%
- Overvalued 41%
On average the companies inside trade for 17.5 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 41% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (22), which make up 100% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
XT XTL State Street SPDR S&P Telecom ETF | United States | 0.35% | $477.0M | +26% | Pays out | 47% |
FT FTUCX Fidelity Advisor Telecommunications Fund Class C· mutual fund | - | - | $227.9M | +4.0% | Pays out | 34% |
FT FTUAX Fidelity Advisor Telecommunications A· mutual fund | - | - | $227.9M | +3.9% | Pays out | 34% |
FT FTUIX Fidelity Advisor Telecommunications I· mutual fund | - | - | $228.0M | +3.9% | Pays out | 34% |
FS FSTCX Fidelity Select Telecommunications Portfolio· mutual fund | - | - | $228.0M | +3.9% | Pays out | 34% |
CO COMM.TO BMO Global Communications Index ETF | Canada | 0.39% | $45.9M | +3.2% | Pays out | 29% |