
iShares LifePath Target Date 2055 ETF
$42.85−0.45 (−1.04%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.12%
- Fund size
- $67M
- 1Y return
- +18.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.39%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $43.22
- 52W range
The ETF.net ITDG Grade
Score 61 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.DScore 39Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 50Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 68Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 58Category rank
Our read on ITDG
BA whole retirement glide path in one ticker. ITDG holds a bundle of iShares stock and bond ETFs aimed at a 2055 retirement date and gets more conservative as that date approaches, no 401(k) menu required.
The fund is designed as a diversified portfolio of stock and bond ETFs for investors expecting to retire or begin withdrawals around 2055. Its allocation is intended to become more conservative as the target date approaches.
Why people hold it
- One trade buys a diversified stock-and-bond portfolio built around a 2055 retirement, and the mix is designed to turn more conservative as that date nears.ishares.com
- 0.12% a year for a managed glide path, matching the other long-dated LifePath rungs (ITDH, ITDI, ITDJ all charge the same).
- What it holds lines up with what the prospectus says it does: a fund of iShares index ETFs on a published glide path, not a black box.ishares.com
Worth knowing
- With 2055 decades out, the mix leans heavily toward stocks by design, so it moves with equity markets. The de-risking happens later, not now.
- Thinly traded next to mainstream index ETFs, so bid-ask spreads can be wider than the headline fee suggests.
- Distributions land once or twice a year rather than quarterly or monthly, so it is not built as an income drip.
ITDG Holdings
- Other
- —
- 21%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology29.5%
- Financials16.4%
- Industrials11.0%
- Health Care8.8%
- Consumer Discr.8.7%
- Communication7.2%
- Cons. Staples4.4%
- Materials4.2%
- Energy4.1%
- Real Estate3.5%
- Utilities2.3%
Geography
- United States61.88%
- Japan5.68%
- Taiwan (Province of China)3.44%
- United Kingdom3.18%
- Canada3.00%
- Korea (the Republic of)2.47%
- Switzerland2.10%
- China2.01%
- 16.23%
Developed 67% · Emerging 33%
ITDG 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 | ITDG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.0% |
| 1 month | +0.3% |
| 3 months | +2.4% |
| 1 year | +18.4% |
| 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 | ITDG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.0% | |
| 2025 | +21.9% | |
| 2024 | +16.5% | |
| 2023 | +12.8% |
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ITDG Dividends
- 1.39%
- $0.60
- $0.60 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.60 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.45 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.23 |
ITDG Risk
- 11.5%
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.
- 1.59
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.
- −16.6%
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.
- 0.90
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ITDG Cost
- The middle half of Target Date funds
- Median 0.11%
5 of the 9 Target Date funds charge less.