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Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ASX: ILB) - Share Price and Research

- Current share price for ILB : $124.580

iShares Government Inflation ETF (ILB, formerly iShares UBS Government Inflation ETF Index Fund) is an exchange traded fund seeking to provide investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of fixed income securities, as represented by the Bloomberg AusBond Inflation Government Index (the Underlying Index). The responsible entity of the fund is BlackRock Management (Australia) Limited.

ILB General Information +

ASX Code ILB
Website http://www.blackrock.com/au/ishares
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 591
ILB Share Price $124.580
Day High $125.140
Day Low $124.270
Last Close $124.580
ILB Share Price Movement - ( No change )
Prices as at 16:40, 24 Apr 2024
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

ILB Related Research

Exchange Traded Fund Description

iShares Government Inflation ETF (ILB, formerly iShares UBS Government Inflation ETF Index Fund) is an exchange traded fund seeking to provide investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of fixed income securities, as represented by the Bloomberg AusBond Inflation Government Index (the Underlying Index). The responsible entity of the fund is BlackRock Management (Australia) Limited.

Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
Result 45.86¢ 0% 9 Apr 2024 19 Apr 2024 $124.580 $124.260 -
Result 50.8¢ 0% 8 Jan 2024 18 Jan 2024 $124.580 $124.260 -
Result 81.06¢ 0% 9 Oct 2023 19 Oct 2023 $124.580 $124.260 -

See all dividends from Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) Recent ASX Announcements

Headline Annoucement date/time+ Price at announcement+ Current price+ Price 7D Avg Gain/Loss
COMPONENTS OF DISTRIBUTIONS 11 Apr 2024 5:08PM $125.390 $124.580 $124.260 fallen by 0.65%
DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN PRICES 9 Apr 2024 5:58PM $125.900 $124.580 $124.260 fallen by 1.05%
FINAL DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCEMENT 9 Apr 2024 5:56PM $125.900 $124.580 $124.260 fallen by 1.05%
  • + Company announcements and prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes. Prices are indicative only.

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ILB Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2022A -$52.18 -$131.70 -137.40% 0.00 98.40 0.80% 0.0%
2021A $7.08 $351.90 105.30% 37.30 87.10 0.70% 0.0%
2020A $1.88 $171.40 -83.50% 74.00 137.80 1.10% 0.0%

ILB Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2020 A 2021 A 2022 A 2020 A 2021 A 2022 A 2020 A 2021 A 2022 A
Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) $10M -1.3744 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.79% 0.00% 0.00%
Magellan Financial Group (MFG) $1,647M -0.5164 -0.0458 -0.1145 9.1054 9.5423 10.7760 12.81% 6.22% 5.51%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $4,847M 0.1948 0.3656 0.1744 72.1133 52.8051 44.9626 1.21% 1.61% 1.89%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $2,257M -0.0127 -0.0785 0.1948 28.4872 30.9126 25.8733 3.24% 2.91% 3.09%
Perpetual (PPT) $2,803M -0.2217 0.0181 0.1179 14.7394 14.4767 12.9504 6.28% 5.27% 5.67%

ILB Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.00 0.00 10.61 0.00
Market 0.54 15.00 1.10 1.05
Sector 0.57 13.30 1.03 0.89

ILB Directors

Name Position Start Date
Mr J Collins Non-Executive Director 29 Jul 2015
Mr M S McCorry Non-Executive Director 2 Dec 2009
Mr A Landman Non-Executive Director 3 Feb 2020
Mr A Telfer Non-Executive Director 12 Dec 2013
I Davila Non-Executive Director 5 Mar 2020

Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

FAQs about Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB)

Ishares Government Inflation ETF's (ILB) current share price is $124.58. This constitutes a price movement of 0.26% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -2.57% below ILB's 12-month high of $127.86 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $124.58, Ishares Government Inflation ETF's (ILB) current share price of $124.58 constitutes a movement of or 0%. Ishares Government Inflation ETF's (ILB) share price movement is 0.26% when compared to 7 days ago and is -2.57% below ILB's 52-week high of $127.86.

Ishares Government Inflation ETF's (ILB) 52-week high is $127.86 which was reached on 28 Dec 2023. Relative to this, ILB's current share price of $124.58 constitutes a -$3.28 or -2.57% drop since that high of $127.86 per ILB share.

Ishares Government Inflation ETF's (ILB) 52-week low is $118.46 which was reached on 1 Nov 2023. Relative to this, ILB's current share price of $124.58 constitutes a $6.12 or 5.17% gain since that low of $118.46 per ILB share.

Ishares Government Inflation ETF's (ILB) current market capitalisation is $591,581,211. Market capitalisation, sometimes referred to as "market cap", is the total value of a company's or ETF's issued shares or units owned by shareholders or unitholders. Market capitalisation is equal to the market price per share or unit multiplied by the number of shares or units outstanding.

Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) last distribution or dividend was $0.46 per share and was paid on 19 Apr 2024. This last ILB distribution or dividend included 0% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 9 Apr 2024

Upcoming record date: 10 Apr 2024

Upcoming payment date: 19 Apr 2024

ETFs, such as Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB), pay distributions instead of dividends. The difference is that dividends are declared by companies from part of the profits made during any given year and the company’s management decide the amount of earnings retained verses how much to pay out to investors. An ETF, like Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB), must pay out all realised income. This is a combination of any dividends received plus capital gains realised from the buying and selling of underlying holdings within Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB).


A distribution has three key dates:

Ex-distribution date: Date the distribution value leaves the ETF. This will normally correspond with the ETF unit price dropping in value by the same amount as the distribution.

Record date: Date someone must be on the unit registry to receive the distribution.

Payment date date: Date the distribution is paid to the unit holder.

Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) has a current dividend yield of n/a this year. Last year's dividend yield was n/a. The dividend yield for ILB is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB)'s share price that it pays out in dividends each year. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividends by the current share price.

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