iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (QLTA)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Aaa - A Capped Index. The QLTA ETF contains 2272 constituents. It is focused on holdings in the region.
Price $44.08 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 2.71% |
| Expense ratio | 0.15% |
| Average spread | 0.045% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.195% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -3.1% | -1.7% | -2.7% | -5.3% | 1.7% | -2.8% | 3.6% | -3.8% | -5.0% | -2.6% | -21.6% | ||
| 2021 | -1.6% | -2.0% | -1.5% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 1.2% | -0.3% | -1.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | -0.3% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | 1.3% | -2.1% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 2.6% | -1.7% | -0.3% | -0.7% | 2.7% | -0.0% | 9.4% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | 0.0% | 2.3% | -0.1% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 0.2% | 3.3% | -0.8% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 12.0% |
| 2018 | -1.2% | -1.8% | 0.2% | -1.0% | 0.8% | -0.4% | 1.0% | 0.1% | -0.4% | -1.3% | -0.1% | 1.9% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | 1.2% | -0.3% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.8% | -0.3% | 0.3% | -0.2% | 0.9% | 5.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 1.2% | -0.5% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 0.0% | -0.2% | -1.2% | -2.6% | 0.2% | 4.3% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | -1.0% | 0.2% | -0.8% | -0.7% | -1.8% | 1.2% | -0.3% | 0.7% | 0.9% | -0.2% | -0.4% | 0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | 0.9% | -0.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.1% | -0.0% | 1.4% | -1.2% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 6.3% |
| 2013 | -1.2% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 1.6% | -2.8% | -2.4% | 0.9% | -1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | -0.1% | -0.2% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | -1.6% | 1.6% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 2.7% | -0.3% | 1.1% | 0.9% | -0.5% | -0.0% | 5.2% | ||
| 2.8% | -1.4% | -3.2% | 2.7% | 3.8% | 2.1% | 15.1% | -1.8% | -6.9% | -1.0% | -0.1% | 2.4% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.92 | |||
| 2021 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 1.00 | |
| 2020 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 1.25 | |
| 2019 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 1.51 | |
| 2018 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 1.41 | |
| 2017 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 1.29 | |
| 2016 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 1.25 | |
| 2015 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 1.28 | |
| 2014 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 1.09 | |
| 2013 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.97 | |
| 2012 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.86 | ||||
| 0.00 | 1.11 | 1.12 | 1.24 | 1.19 | 1.20 | 1.23 | 1.18 | 1.16 | 1.22 | 1.05 | 1.15 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency Shares | 0.91% |
| CORPORATE BOND | 0.44% |
| Microsoft Corporation 2.525% 01-JUN-2050 | 0.24% |
| Abbott Laboratories 4.9% 30-NOV-2046 | 0.19% |
| HSBC Holdings Plc 4.041% 13-MAR-2028 | 0.19% |
| Comcast Corporation 2.887% 01-NOV-2051 | 0.18% |
| Citigroup Inc. 4.412% 31-MAR-2031 | 0.18% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 3.4% 26-JUL-2029 | 0.18% |
| Apple Inc. 4.65% 23-FEB-2046 | 0.18% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. 3.1% 12-MAY-2051 | 0.17% |
| Visa Inc. 4.3% 14-DEC-2045 | 0.17% |
| Top 11 Weights | 3.03% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| QLTA | FIXD | IUSB | SPXB | SUSC | WFIG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF | First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF | iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF | ProShares S&P 500 Bond ETF | iShares ESG USD Corporate Bond ETF | WisdomTree Fundamental U.S. Corporate Bond Fund |
| Issuer | iShares | First Trust | iShares | ProShares | iShares | WisdomTree |
| Price | $44.08 | $42.11 | $43.31 | $69.775 | $21.15 | $41.355 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.15% |  0.56% |  0.06% | 0.15% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| Average Spread | 0.045% | 0.047% | 0.023% | 0.172% | 0.047% | 0.048% |
| AUM | $922,496,000 | $4,204,760,000 | $13,041,500,000 | $27,952,800 | $652,745,000 | $37,103,700 |
| Shares | 20,927,762 | 99,851,838 | 301,120,755 | 400,613 | 30,862,631 | 897,200 |
| Average Daily Volume | 248,027 | 910,243 | 2,942,192 | 1,073 | 453,837 | 953 |
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| Inception Date | 2012-02-14 | 2017-02-14 | 2014-06-10 | 2018-05-01 | 2017-07-11 | 2016-04-27 |
| Index Tracked | Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Aaa - A Capped Index | No Underlying Index | Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index | S&P 500/MarketAxess Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index | Bloomberg MSCI US Corporate ESG Focus Index | WisdomTree U.S. Corporate Bond Index |
| Category | Corporate Bonds | Total Bond Market | Total Bond Market | Corporate Bonds | Corporate Bonds | Corporate Bonds |
| Asset Class | Bond | Bond | Bond | Bond | Bond | Bond |
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| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | Broad | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $1.196 | $1.25 | $1.01 | $2.15 | $0.673 | $1.411 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.027% | 0.030% | 0.023% | 0.031% | 0.032% | 0.034% |
| Number of Holdings | 2272 | 0 | 13339 | 258 | 3416 | 533 |
| YTD Return | -19.89% | -19.02% | -16.79% | -21.55% | -20.94% | -21.35% |
| Beta | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.16 |
| Upside Beta | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.10 |
| Downside Beta | -0.06 | 0.00 | -0.01 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
| Volatility 1Y | 9.62% | 7.53% | 6.92% | 9.88% | 9.37% | 9.56% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -1.06 | -1.49 | -1.47 | -0.95 | -1.02 | -0.97 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | -0.04 | -0.10 | -0.09 | -0.05 | -0.04 | -0.04 |