iShares Large Cap Core Active ETF
$49.45−0.45 (−0.89%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.38%
- Fund size
- $6.9B
- 1Y return
- +24.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.32%
- Holdings
- 51
- Volume · 30D
- 0.6M sh
- NAV per share
- $49.87
- 52W range
The ETF.net BLCR Grade
Score 66 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 78Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 79Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 48Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 63Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 53Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 86Category rank
Our read on BLCR
BActive management sized to fit the core slot: about 40 large-cap US stocks measured against the Russell 1000, at 0.38%, well under the typical active US equity fund. A stock-picker's book built to sit at the center, not the edges.
The Fund seeks to maximize total return by investing in large-cap U.S. equities selected through fundamental and quantitative insights. It is presented as a high-conviction, actively managed core equity allocation.
Why people hold it
- 0.38% a year, roughly half the median for active US equity funds. Less leakage to fees before the stock picking even starts.
- About 40 holdings, so the manager's calls actually move the portfolio instead of getting diluted across hundreds of names.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund on the iShares platform that trades actively, so getting in and out is rarely the hard part.
- Sits among the stronger implementations in a crowded active US equity field, helped by low cost and a stable, well-resourced sponsor.
Worth knowing
- Cheap for active, still pricey next to core peers benchmarked to the same index: AVLC runs 0.15% and TACU 0.14%. The gap is what you pay for stock picking.
- Concentration cuts both ways. With roughly 40 names, a few positions can push results well away from the Russell 1000 in either direction.
- Launched in 2023, so there is no full market cycle yet to judge the process against its benchmark.
BLCR Holdings
- Stocks
- 51
- 48%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology35.0%
- Industrials13.3%
- Consumer Discr.11.3%
- Financials10.5%
- Health Care9.7%
- Communication8.7%
- Materials4.0%
- Energy3.3%
- Cons. Staples2.8%
- Utilities1.3%
Geography
- United States96.63%
- Canada1.61%
- United Kingdom1.20%
- Ireland0.56%
BLCR Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | BLCR |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +18.1% |
| 1 month | +1.7% |
| 3 months | −0.6% |
| 1 year | +24.8% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BLCR |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +18.1% | |
| 2025 | +31.0% | |
| 2024 | +17.1% | |
| 2023 | +39.9% |
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BLCR Dividends
- 0.32%
- $0.16
- $0.07 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.0035 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.03 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.03 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | $0.03 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.06 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.05 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.04 |
BLCR Risk
- 16.1%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.35
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −21.3%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.09
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BLCR Cost
- The middle half of US Active Equity funds
- Median 0.70%
26 of the 124 US Active Equity funds charge less.