
iShares LifePath Target Date 2045 ETF
$40.36−0.46 (−1.12%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.11%
- Fund size
- $107M
- 1Y return
- +15.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.65%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $40.75
- 52W range
The ETF.net ITDE Grade
Score 63 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.CScore 46Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 60Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 44Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 58Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 65Category rank
Our read on ITDE
BA whole retirement portfolio in one ticker: a spread of iShares funds that steadily dials down risk as 2045 approaches. Target-date investing, long a 401(k) staple, packaged in an ETF wrapper.
The fund seeks retirement outcomes through a diversified portfolio of ETFs whose allocation changes as the target date approaches.
Why people hold it
- One ticker, one decision: a diversified basket of iShares funds that shifts from growth toward stability as the 2045 target date nears.ishares.com
- Runs 0.11% a year, right at the target-date median, and mid-ladder inside the LifePath range (0.10% for ITDC's 2035 vintage, 0.12% for ITDJ's 2070).
- The portfolio matches the mandate in its own documents, and it stands among the stronger builds in the small field of target-date ETFs.
Worth knowing
- Small and thinly traded, so spreads can run wider than on a mega index fund. Limit orders and avoiding the first and last minutes of the day matter here.
- The glide path is BlackRock's judgment, not yours. The 2045 label describes the schedule for dialing down risk, not an outcome.
- Launched in 2023, so the live record is short next to the target-date funds that have run for decades.
ITDE Holdings
- Other
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- 18%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology28.5%
- Financials15.7%
- Industrials11.0%
- Health Care8.4%
- Consumer Discr.8.4%
- Communication6.9%
- Real Estate6.1%
- Cons. Staples4.3%
- Energy4.1%
- Materials4.0%
- Utilities2.6%
Geography
- United States66.79%
- Japan4.86%
- Taiwan (Province of China)2.96%
- United Kingdom2.75%
- Canada2.64%
- Korea (the Republic of)2.13%
- Switzerland1.81%
- China1.75%
- 14.30%
Developed 67% · Emerging 33%
ITDE 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 | ITDE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.7% |
| 1 month | +0.0% |
| 3 months | +1.8% |
| 1 year | +15.7% |
| 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 | ITDE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.7% | |
| 2025 | +19.3% | |
| 2024 | +14.6% | |
| 2023 | +13.2% |
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ITDE Dividends
- 1.65%
- $0.67
- $0.67 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.67 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.51 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.24 |
ITDE Risk
- 10.6%
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.
- 1.54
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.
- −14.7%
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.
- 0.82
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ITDE Cost
- The middle half of Target Date funds
- Median 0.11%
2 of the 9 Target Date funds charge less.