Fund · iShares Systematic Bond ETF · measured from SEC filings
SYSB holdings
SYSB reports 838 holdings and behaves like 79 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-07-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-07-31Read this figure with the following in mind
7.5% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 50.5
The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.
Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 14.23% at a quoted market price (level 1), 17 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-07-31The largest line in SYSB's filing is not a stock but BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, a short-term position at 7.81% of net assets. Ten companies are 26.34% of the fund; the other 828 share the rest. Among the 192 bond funds measured here, SYSB behaves like 79 holdings against a median of 236.4 — 3.0 times more concentrated than the median. Across 27 quarterly filings SYSB has become more concentrated: it behaved like 164.2 at 2019-10-31 and 83.1 at 2026-04-30. Between the 2026-01-31 and 2026-04-30 filings 145 positions were added and 180 dropped; 33.1% of the weight moved.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable bond funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-10-31 and 2026-04-30, SYSB went from behaving like 164.2 equally weighted positions to 83.1 — 49% fewer, while its top ten went from 19.04% to 26.09% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 859 | 83.1 | 26.09% | 7.31% |
| 2026-01-31 | 894 | 60.3 | 32.91% | 8.05% |
| 2025-10-31 | 631 | 37.2 | 39.72% | 12.5% |
| 2025-07-31 | 1,017 | 161.6 | 18.41% | 4.1% |
| 2025-04-30 | 866 | 120.8 | 19.53% | 6.19% |
| 2025-01-31 | 895 | 212.1 | 14.75% | 3.56% |
| 2024-10-31 | 933 | 229.5 | 13.49% | 3.49% |
| 2024-07-31 | 928 | 212.4 | 13.93% | 3.87% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-10-31)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | 917 | 195.8 | 15.03% | 4.07% |
| 2024-01-31 | 883 | 166.1 | 16.71% | 4.66% |
| 2023-10-31 | 876 | 155.1 | 17.07% | 4.95% |
| 2023-07-31 | 749 | 147.6 | 16.72% | 5.59% |
| 2023-04-30 | 715 | 157.7 | 16.36% | 5.27% |
| 2023-01-31 | 680 | 134 | 18.25% | 5.58% |
| 2022-10-31 | 657 | 134.8 | 19.17% | 4.82% |
| 2022-07-31 | 738 | 145.2 | 18.42% | 4.65% |
| 2022-04-30 | 724 | 158.4 | 18.21% | 2.93% |
| 2022-01-31 | 751 | 52.4 | 32.86% | 9.44% |
| 2021-10-31 | 775 | 89.3 | 25.52% | 6.99% |
| 2021-07-31 | 774 | 90.5 | 24.1% | 6.63% |
| 2021-04-30 | 747 | 158.4 | 18.15% | 3.04% |
| 2021-01-31 | 747 | 145.7 | 19.72% | 3.36% |
| 2020-10-31 | 748 | 121 | 21.1% | 4.21% |
| 2020-07-31 | 705 | 48.7 | 33.73% | 10.94% |
| 2020-04-30 | 943 | 126.2 | 20.7% | 5.05% |
| 2020-01-31 | 938 | 128.2 | 21.99% | 4.34% |
| 2019-10-31 | 873 | 164.2 | 19.04% | 3.75% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
As filed, collateral included
7.52% collateralSYSB's filing lists 839 positions including 7.52% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 50.5 effective holdings with a top ten of 33.83%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 79 with a top ten of 26.34%. The collateral is matched by a liability and is not a holding the fund chose; since 2026-09-18 every figure on this site sets it aside (methodology). Both numbers are in the data.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-04-30The 15 largest of 838 positions in SYSB's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: SYSB.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS | 7.32% | 7.3% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 3.50% | 10.8% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 3.37% | 14.2% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 2.57% | 16.8% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 2.16% | 18.9% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 1.66% | 20.6% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 1.61% | 22.2% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 1.37% | 23.6% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 1.33% | 24.9% |
| 10 | UMBS, TBA | 1.21% | 26.1% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 1.20% | 27.3% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 1.20% | 28.5% |
| 13 | United States Treasury | 1.19% | 29.7% |
| 14 | United States Treasury | 1.14% | 30.8% |
| 15 | United States Treasury | 1.07% | 31.9% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-04-30Share of SYSB's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 93.57% |
| United Kingdom | 2.03% |
| Canada | 1.78% |
| Australia | 0.50% |
| Japan | 0.42% |
| Luxembourg° | 0.39% |
| Not stated in filing | 0.30% |
| Netherlands° | 0.21% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-08 – 2026-04Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of SYSB's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.09 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: SYSB.json · all funds.
Who borrows SYSB's shares
2026-07-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-07-31, $84m was out to 25 borrowers. The largest, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Cowen, held 27.2% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| TD Securities (USA) LLC, Cowen | $23m | 27.2% |
| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | $14m | 16.1% |
| DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC | $10m | 11.8% |
| RBC Capital Markets LLC | $6m | 7.1% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. | $5m | 5.4% |
The filing reports no cash collateral position against this loan. Collateral taken in a form the fund does not hold as a position does not appear in N-PORT, so this is silence rather than absence. What the collateral figure can and cannot show. Every quarter SYSB has filed, with each borrower: SYSB.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-01-31 → 2026-04-30892 positions became 857: 145 added (23.2% of the fund at the later date), 180 dropped (19.4% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 33.1%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of SYSB compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States Treasury | 0.17% | 1.66% | United States Treasury | 3.39% | 1.19% |
| United States Treasury | 0.14% | 0.92% | United States Treasury | 1.91% | 1.07% |
| United States Treasury | 0.89% | 1.37% | BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS | 8.07% | 7.32% |
| United States Treasury | 2.90% | 3.37% | United States Treasury | 1.61% | 1.20% |
| United States Treasury | 2.12% | 2.57% | United States Treasury | 1.58% | 1.20% |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.07% | 0.22% | United States Treasury | 1.65% | 1.33% |
New: United States Treasury (2.16%), UMBS, TBA (1.21%), United States Treasury (1.14%), United States Treasury (1.07%), United States Treasury (1.05%), United States Treasury (1.01%). Gone: United States Treasury (5.99%), United States Treasury (1.61%), UMBS, TBA (0.59%), UMBS, TBA (0.58%), UMBS, TBA (0.53%), UMBS, TBA (0.49%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-07-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| debt DBT | 71.67% |
| short-term investment STIV | 14.16% |
| mortgage-backed ABS-MBS | 14.10% |
| DIR DIR | 0.07% |
14.2% of SYSB is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-04-30A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $1.02B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, debt funds
10Every measured debt fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of SYSB (79). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JFLX JPMorgan Flexible Debt ETF | 1,630 | 73.4 * | 22.52% | 2026-05-31 |
| VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund | 98 | 75.1 | 21.65% | 2026-05-31 |
| SPTL State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF | 101 | 75.8 | 21.59% | 2026-06-30 |
| SCHQ Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF | 100 | 75.9 | 21.59% | 2026-06-30 |
| GTO Invesco Total Return Bond ETF | 1,793 | 78.9 | 29.04% | 2026-07-31 |
| JCPB JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF | 2,677 | 81.3 | 21.19% | 2026-05-31 |
| SCHR Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF | 102 | 82.4 | 19.13% | 2026-06-30 |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 90 | 83.2 | 16.11% | 2026-05-31 |
| VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund | 104 | 84 | 18.93% | 2026-05-31 |
| CGCP Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF | 1,476 | 84.5 * | 25.35% | 2026-06-30 |
Essays that examine SYSB
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