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 2022-10-20

Cost/Risk/Yield

Dividend yield2.71%
Expense ratio0.15%
Average spread0.045%
1Y roundtrip cost0.195%

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%
20202.2%1.3%-2.1%2.8%1.3%1.3%2.6%-1.7%-0.3%-0.7%2.7%-0.0%9.4%
20192.4%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%
20170.0%1.2%-0.3%0.8%1.0%0.4%0.8%0.8%-0.3%0.3%-0.2%0.9%5.6%
20160.9%1.1%2.1%1.2%-0.5%2.4%0.9%0.0%-0.2%-1.2%-2.6%0.2%4.3%
20152.8%-1.0%0.2%-0.8%-0.7%-1.8%1.2%-0.3%0.7%0.9%-0.2%-0.4%0.6%
20141.5%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
20220.090.100.090.100.100.140.100.090.120.92
20210.090.100.090.090.090.090.090.090.090.090.091.00
20200.130.130.130.120.120.100.100.090.100.100.141.25
20190.140.140.140.140.140.130.130.140.130.140.131.51
20180.120.120.120.130.120.130.130.130.130.140.141.41
20170.120.120.120.120.120.120.120.120.120.120.121.29
20160.130.120.110.100.110.110.110.110.110.110.111.25
20150.100.110.110.110.110.110.110.110.110.160.141.28
20140.100.100.090.100.100.100.100.100.100.100.101.09
20130.080.090.090.090.090.090.090.090.090.090.090.97
20120.150.100.110.110.110.100.110.080.86
0.001.111.121.241.191.201.231.181.161.221.051.15

Sectors and Top Holdings

Security % Assets
BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency Shares0.91%
CORPORATE BOND0.44%
Microsoft Corporation 2.525% 01-JUN-20500.24%
Abbott Laboratories 4.9% 30-NOV-20460.19%
HSBC Holdings Plc 4.041% 13-MAR-20280.19%
Comcast Corporation 2.887% 01-NOV-20510.18%
Citigroup Inc. 4.412% 31-MAR-20310.18%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 3.4% 26-JUL-20290.18%
Apple Inc. 4.65% 23-FEB-20460.18%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.1% 12-MAY-20510.17%
Visa Inc. 4.3% 14-DEC-20450.17%
Top 11 Weights3.03%

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Price$44.08$42.11$43.31$69.775$21.15$41.355
Expense Ratio0.15%worse0.56%better0.06%0.15%worse0.18%worse0.18%
Average Spread0.045%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
Shares20,927,76299,851,838301,120,755400,61330,862,631897,200
Average Daily Volume248,027910,2432,942,1921,073453,837953
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Inception Date2012-02-142017-02-142014-06-102018-05-012017-07-112016-04-27
Index TrackedBloomberg U.S. Corporate Aaa - A Capped IndexNo Underlying IndexBloomberg U.S. Universal IndexS&P 500/MarketAxess Investment Grade Corporate Bond IndexBloomberg MSCI US Corporate ESG Focus IndexWisdomTree U.S. Corporate Bond Index
CategoryCorporate BondsTotal Bond MarketTotal Bond MarketCorporate BondsCorporate BondsCorporate Bonds
Asset ClassBondBondBondBondBondBond
Asset Class Size
Value or Growth
Region
CountriesU.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.BroadU.S.
Annual Dividend Rate$1.196$1.25$1.01$2.15$0.673$1.411
Annual Dividend Yield0.027%0.030%0.023%0.031%0.032%0.034%
Number of Holdings22720133392583416533
YTD Return-19.89%-19.02%-16.79%-21.55%-20.94%-21.35%
Beta0.180.060.060.140.160.16
Upside Beta0.020.030.030.030.080.10
Downside Beta-0.060.00-0.010.050.060.02
Volatility 1Y9.62%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

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