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iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (ASX: IAF) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for IAF : $101.730 0.35 (0.35%)+

iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) 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 Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) aims to provide investors with the performance of an index, before fees and expenses, composed of investment grade fixed income bonds issued in the Australian debt market.

IAF General Information +

ASX Code IAF
Website http://www.blackrock.com/au/ishares
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 2,739
IAF Share Price $101.730
Day High $101.760
Day Low $101.630
Last Close $101.380
IAF Share Price Movement $0.35 ( 0.35% )
Prices as at 11:26, 31 Dec 2024
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

IAF Fund Information

Bonds - Australia
Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+Y TR AUD
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Investment Fund
12 Mar 2012
$2796.61 million (as at 16 Dec 2024)

IAF ETF performance (30 Nov 2024)

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 1.12 -0.48 2.98 5.08 2.56 -1 -0.73 1.95
Growth return 1.12 -1.26 1.5 2.17 0.36 -2.96 -2.6 -0.37
Income return (Yield) 0 0.78 1.48 2.91 2.2 1.96 1.87 2.32

Market index (Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+Y TR AUD)
Total return 1.14 -0.46 3.02 5.16 2.65 -0.93 -0.61 2.09

IAF Related Research

iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
Result 0¢ 0% 7 Jan 2025 17 Jan 2025 $101.730 $101.420 -
Result 80.19¢ 0% 10 Oct 2024 22 Oct 2024 $101.730 $101.420 -
HFResult 64.98¢ 0% 1 Jul 2024 11 Jul 2024 $101.730 $101.420 -

See all dividends from iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) Financials $2,739 DISTRIBUTION DATES 27 Dec 2024 8:24AM $101.230 $101.730 risen by 0.49%
iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) Financials $2,739 NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING UNITS AND FUND FLOWS 6 Dec 2024 6:45PM $101.890 $101.730 fallen by 0.16%
iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) Financials $2,739 NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING UNITS AND FUND FLOWS 7 Nov 2024 8:16AM $99.730 $101.730 risen by 2.01%
iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) Financials $2,739 Product Disclosure Statement 1 Nov 2024 8:20AM $100.240 $101.730 risen by 1.49%
iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) Financials $2,739 COMPONENTS OF DISTRIBUTIONS 15 Oct 2024 6:30PM $101.030 $101.730 risen by 0.69%
iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) Financials $2,739 DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN PRICES 10 Oct 2024 6:34PM $101.110 $101.730 risen by 0.61%

IAF Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $79.73 $341.10 351.50% 29.30 258.20 2.60% 0.0%
2023A $14.32 $75.60 -106.70% 133.00 135.10 1.30% 0.0%
2022A -$193.64 -$1,135.80 853.00% 0.00 157.40 1.50% 0.0%

IAF 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
HMC Capital (HMC) $4,198M 0.0191 0.0000 0.0000 48.8015 0.0000 0.0000 1.18% 0.00% 0.00%
iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) $54M 3.5145 0.0000 0.0000 29.8326 0.0000 0.0000 2.54% 0.00% 0.00%
Insignia Financial (IFL) $2,401M 0.6567 -0.2226 0.0203 7.5400 9.6993 9.5061 2.60% 2.23% 6.70%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $7,128M 0.2382 0.2487 0.2325 85.3959 68.3889 55.4878 0.96% 1.21% 1.47%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $5,253M 0.1667 0.1969 0.1911 50.9451 42.5633 35.7330 1.81% 2.11% 2.52%

IAF Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.20 29.70 1.01 0.00
Market 0.28 13.70 1.08 0.86
Sector 0.32 13.10 1.05 0.74

IAF 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 Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

IAF Calendar of Events

Date Event
25 September 2025 Report (Annual)
17 January 2025 Div Pay Date
08 January 2025 Books Close
07 January 2025 Div Ex Date

FAQs about iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF)

iShares Core Composite Bond ETF's (IAF) current share price is $101.73. This constitutes a price movement of 0.31% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -1.78% below IAF's 12-month high of $103.57 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $101.38, iShares Core Composite Bond ETF's (IAF) current share price of $101.73 constitutes a movement of $0.35 or 0.35%. iShares Core Composite Bond ETF's (IAF) share price movement is 0.31% when compared to 7 days ago and is -1.78% below IAF's 52-week high of $103.57.

iShares Core Composite Bond ETF's (IAF) 52-week high is $103.57 which was reached on 18 Sep 2024. Relative to this, IAF's current share price of $101.73 constitutes a -$1.84 or -1.78% drop since that high of $103.57 per IAF share.

iShares Core Composite Bond ETF's (IAF) 52-week low is $98.87 which was reached on 26 Apr 2024. Relative to this, IAF's current share price of $101.73 constitutes a $2.86 or 2.89% gain since that low of $98.87 per IAF share.

iShares Core Composite Bond ETF's (IAF) current market capitalisation is $2,739,050,341. 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 Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) last distribution or dividend was $0.80 per share and was paid on 22 Oct 2024. This last IAF distribution or dividend included 0% franking. The next dividend payment for iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) is due on 17 Jan 2025.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 10 Oct 2024

Upcoming record date: 11 Oct 2024

Upcoming payment date: 22 Oct 2024

ETFs, such as iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF), 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 Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF), 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 Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF).


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 Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) has a franking level of 0%. Franking represents the tax a company has already paid on any profit it distributes to shareholders as a dividend. Only Australian companies pay franking credits therefore you will not see franking on ETFs that invest internationally. For ETFs that are diversified across asset classes, you may see partial franking.

iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) has a current dividend yield of 2.60% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 1.40%. The dividend yield for IAF is a ratio that tells you the percentage of iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF)'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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