Where it trades today
trading 11% of the way up its 52-week range
How the price has moved
What to weigh before acting
What Matters Now
- The real question is what role this fund should play in allocation construction, not whether one short-term move looks attractive.
- Recent realized volatility sits near 9.0%, below the sector norm of 18.0%, which supports a steadier role inside a diversified portfolio.
- Relative performance versus SPY, QQQ, IWM matters here because leadership inside etf rarely stays static for long.
Portfolio Use Case
- TLT fits best as a benchmark or core allocation building block rather than as a thesis that depends on single-company execution.
- The risk profile looks balanced enough for a diversified core-plus portfolio, provided the position size reflects sector concentration.
- This page is most useful for deciding whether the stock deserves a permanent slot in the portfolio or just a place on the watchlist.
What Would Change the View
- There is little income cushion here, so total return depends mainly on price appreciation and execution staying on track.
- The view would need revisiting if peers such as SPY, QQQ, IWM start winning the marginal flow or posting cleaner operating momentum.
Methodology
- Price, market cap, beta, yield, and liquidity fields for TLT come from Yahoo Finance quote and summary data.
- 30-day volatility is calculated from recent daily returns and annualized using a 252-trading-day convention.
- Sector context uses stored benchmark averages for ETF so each page compares the ticker against a stable peer baseline rather than against the whole market.
- Peer comparisons use the Portfolio Terminal coverage set and highlight nearby listed alternatives such as SPY, QQQ, IWM.
Sources
- Yahoo Finance quote dataopen →
Live quote, valuation, beta, yield, and volume fields used for TLT. Last refresh: Sep 22, 2026, 4:11 AM.
- Portfolio Terminal methodologyopen →
Explains how analytics, refresh cadence, and portfolio interpretation work across the product.
- Peer set and coverage context
Comparative context for this page is anchored around nearby tracked names such as SPY, QQQ, IWM.
What this fund is
The underlying index consists of publicly-issued U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity greater than twenty years and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value, excluding amounts held by the Federal Reserve System (the “Fed”). The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in U.S. Treasury securities that manager believes will help the fund track the underlying index.
How it sits in etf
Exchange-traded funds offering diversified exposure to various markets and strategies.
The companies it competes with
TLT beside the etf names it is usually measured against.
What the chart is saying
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF trades at $81.80, 11.3% below its 52-week high. With a beta of N/A, it shows about average sensitivity to what the wider market does.
Questions people ask about it
Is TLT a good buy right now?
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF operates in the ETF sector. Current risk level is Low based on 9.0% volatility.
Does TLT pay dividends?
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF does not currently pay a regular dividend. The company may be reinvesting profits for growth.
How volatile is TLT?
With 30-day annualized volatility of 9.0% and beta of N/A, TLT is classified as Low risk.
Compare TLT with anything
Five years side by side: what $10,000 became, how far each fell, whether they move together.