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

Current share price for ILB : $125.640 0.49 (0.39%)+

Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. iShares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) is an exchange traded fund and aims to provide investors with the performance of an index, before fees and expenses, composed of fixed income bonds issued by the Australian Treasury or Australian semi-government entities.

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ILB General Information +

ASX Code ILB
Website http://www.blackrock.com/au
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 938
ILB Share Price $125.640
Day High $125.750
Day Low $125.340
Last Close $125.150
ILB Share Price Movement $0.49 ( 0.39% )
Prices as at 12:50, 22 Jul 2025
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

ILB Fund Information

Bonds - Inflation - Linked
Bloomberg AusBond Infl 0-10Y TR AUD
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Investment Fund
12 Mar 2012
$940.69 million (as at 18 Jul 2025)

ILB ETF performance (30 Jun 2025)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return 0.79 2.4 1.92 3.27 3.36 4.08 1.01 2.36
Growth return 0.79 2 1.12 1.57 1.37 2.51 -0.2 1.11
Income return (Yield) 0 0.4 0.8 1.7 1.99 1.57 1.21 1.25

Market index (Bloomberg AusBond Infl 0-10Y TR AUD)
Total return -0.25 1.36 0.5 4.3 3.03 3.8 3.19 4.49

ILB Related Research

Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
HFResult 45.86¢ 0% 1 Jul 2025 11 Jul 2025 $125.640 $124.770 -
Result 49.35¢ 0% 7 Apr 2025 17 Apr 2025 $125.640 $124.770 -
Result 49.35¢ 0% 7 Jan 2025 17 Jan 2025 $125.640 $124.770 -

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

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) Financials $939 COMPONENTS OF DISTRIBUTIONS 8 Jul 2025 4:58PM $125.420 $125.640 risen by 0.18%
Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) Financials $939 NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING UNITS AND FUND FLOWS 7 Jul 2025 6:03PM $126.050 $125.640 fallen by 0.33%
Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) Financials $939 DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN PRICES 1 Jul 2025 7:18PM $126.240 $125.640 fallen by 0.48%
Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) Financials $939 FINAL DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCEMENT 1 Jul 2025 8:32AM $126.070 $125.640 fallen by 0.34%
Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) Financials $939 ESTIMATED DISTRIBUTION 27 Jun 2025 6:33PM $126.310 $125.640 fallen by 0.53%
Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) Financials $939 DISTRIBUTION DATES 20 Jun 2025 6:24PM $125.370 $125.640 risen by 0.22%

ILB Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $17.44 $289.90 -48.30% 42.70 226.30 1.80% 0.0%
2023A $26.69 $560.60 -142.60% 21.70 126.20 1.00% 0.0%
2022A -$52.18 -$1,317.40 -474.40% 0.00 98.40 0.80% 0.0%

ILB Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A
Insignia Financial Ltd (IFL) $2,797M 0.6567 -0.3210 0.0965 8.7826 12.9342 11.7963 2.23% 0.00% 6.47%
Ishares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) $10M -0.4829 0.0000 0.0000 43.1686 0.0000 0.0000 1.81% 0.00% 0.00%
Netwealth Group Limited (NWL) $9,098M 0.2382 0.3716 0.1796 108.8856 79.3885 67.3011 0.75% 1.02% 1.21%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group Limited (PNI) $5,223M 0.1667 0.4640 0.0992 50.6154 34.5744 31.4532 1.82% 2.59% 2.85%
Perpetual Limited (PPT) $2,422M -0.1521 0.0439 -0.0171 14.8691 14.2433 14.4916 5.59% 5.21% 5.21%

ILB Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.20 43.20 1.00 0.00
Market 0.24 13.90 1.11 0.71
Sector 0.36 12.70 1.07 0.83

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
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 $125.64. This constitutes a price movement of 0.70% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -1.97% below ILB's 12-month high of $128.16 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $125.15, Ishares Government Inflation ETF's (ILB) current share price of $125.64 constitutes a movement of $0.49 or 0.39%. Ishares Government Inflation ETF's (ILB) share price movement is 0.70% when compared to 7 days ago and is -1.97% below ILB's 52-week high of $128.16.

Ishares Government Inflation ETF's (ILB) 52-week high is $128.16 which was reached on 16 Sep 2024. Relative to this, ILB's current share price of $125.64 constitutes a -$2.52 or -1.97% drop since that high of $128.16 per ILB share.

Ishares Government Inflation ETF's (ILB) 52-week low is $121.62 which was reached on 11 Apr 2025. Relative to this, ILB's current share price of $125.64 constitutes a $4.02 or 3.31% gain since that low of $121.62 per ILB share.

Ishares Government Inflation ETF's (ILB) current market capitalisation is $938,876,813. 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 11 Jul 2025. This last ILB distribution or dividend included 0% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Jul 2025

Upcoming record date: 2 Jul 2025

Upcoming payment date: 11 Jul 2025

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 1.80%. 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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