

iShares LifePath Target Date 2040 ETF
$38.67+0.01 (+0.03%)
- 0.11%
- $124M
- +13.8%
- 1.66%
- 0M sh
- $38.68
- low $34.08high $39.47
The ETF.net ITDD Grade
Score 65 out of 100
- 3 of 9
Score 65 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.C46 out of 100Rank 3 of 9Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 9Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B55 out of 100Rank 4 of 9Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B57 out of 100Rank 3 of 9Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B64 out of 100Rank 7 of 9Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A75 out of 100Rank 1 of 9
Our read on ITDD
BA whole retirement portfolio in one ticker: a global mix of stock and bond ETFs that drifts toward bonds as 2040 gets closer. The 401(k) staple, unbundled into something any brokerage account can buy for 0.11% a year.
The fund seeks to provide a diversified mix of stock and bond ETFs for investors expecting to retire or begin withdrawals around 2040. Its allocation becomes more conservative as the target date approaches.
Why people hold it
- One trade buys a diversified global mix of stock and bond ETFs that grows more conservative as the 2040 target date nears. No rebalancing homework on your end.ishares.com
- Costs 0.11% a year, in line with the typical target-date ETF and cheap for a fund that handles the whole asset mix.
- Ordinary 1940 Act fund in an ETF wrapper, so the glide-path approach long locked inside employer plan menus trades like any other ticker.ishares.com
Worth knowing
- The glide path is the manager's design. The stock-to-bond shift runs on their schedule and their assumptions, not on your own read of markets or retirement timing.ishares.com
- Launched in 2023 and trades lightly next to core index ETFs, so spreads can be wider than headline funds. Limit orders are the standard workaround.
- In our target-date group it sits in the bottom quartile, behind LifePath siblings a few rungs up and down the ladder such as ITDC and ITDE.
ITDD Holdings
- Other
- 29,137
- 16%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology29.4%
- Financials15.0%
- Industrials11.4%
- Health Care8.3%
- Consumer Discretionary7.8%
- Communication7.1%
- Real Estate5.7%
- Energy4.4%
- Consumer Staples4.2%
- Materials3.7%
- Utilities3.3%
Geography
- United States71.07%
- Japan4.28%
- Taiwan (Province of China)2.50%
- United Kingdom2.40%
- Canada2.35%
- Korea (the Republic of)1.72%
- Switzerland1.59%
- China1.45%
- 12.63%
Developed 69% · Emerging 31%
ITDD 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 Oct 12, 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 | ITDD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.8% |
| 1 month | −0.4% |
| 3 months | +0.2% |
| 1 year | +13.8% |
| 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 | ITDD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.8% | |
| 2025 | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | +13.1% | |
| 2023 | +12.9% |
ITDD in the news
ITDD Dividends
- 1.66%
- $0.64
- $0.64 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
ITDD Risk
- 9.9%
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.
- −12.5%
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.
- 0.75
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ITDD Cost
- The middle half of Target Date funds
- Median 0.11%
2 of the 9 Target Date funds charge less.
Other funds in Target Date
- AITDCiShares LifePath Target Date 2035 ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return +11.5%
- AITDBiShares LifePath Target Date 2030 ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +8.8%
- BITDEiShares LifePath Target Date 2045 ETFExpense ratio 0.11%1 year return +16.2%
- BITDFiShares LifePath Target Date 2050 ETFExpense ratio 0.11%1 year return +18.3%
- BITDGiShares LifePath Target Date 2055 ETFExpense ratio 0.12%1 year return +19.5%




