iShares World ex U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF
$58.65−0.80 (−1.34%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.37%
- Fund size
- $303M
- 1Y return
- +15.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.29%
- Holdings
- 339
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $59.43
- 52W range
The ETF.net LCTD Grade
Score 46 of 100 sits in the C 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.DScore 35Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 44Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 57Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 65Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 47Category rank
Our read on LCTD
CIndex-fund shape, active engine: roughly 300 developed-market stocks outside the US, tilted toward the companies BlackRock's own low-carbon transition score ranks as better prepared, at a price closer to passive than to most active funds.
The Fund seeks to outperform the MSCI World ex USA Index before expenses by applying BlackRock's proprietary Low Carbon Economy Transition Readiness score criteria.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.37% a year, below the median for its global thematic peer group and low for a mandate where humans pick the names.
- Benchmark-aware by design: it seeks to outperform the MSCI World ex USA Index before expenses, so you get broad developed-market exposure, not a narrow climate basket.
- About 300 holdings across developed markets outside the US, so no single stock or country runs the show.
- One of the stronger implementations in its global thematic peer group, which is crowded with newer, narrower climate products.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded, so bid/ask spreads can run wider than on giant international funds and larger orders take more care.
- Index-based climate peers cost less: KLMT charges 0.10% and IQSZ 0.19% versus 0.37% here.
- Active and score-driven, so returns can diverge from the MSCI World ex USA Index in either direction.
LCTD Holdings
- Stocks
- 339
- 15%
- ASML.AS
Sectors
- Financials28.6%
- Industrials17.6%
- Technology10.8%
- Health Care8.9%
- Consumer Discr.7.2%
- Materials6.7%
- Cons. Staples5.6%
- Energy5.5%
- Communication4.2%
- Utilities3.5%
- Real Estate1.5%
Geography
- Japan22.25%
- Canada13.06%
- United Kingdom10.55%
- Germany8.26%
- Switzerland8.14%
- France7.56%
- Netherlands6.04%
- Australia5.42%
- 18.73%
Developed 99% · Emerging 1%
LCTD 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 | LCTD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +10.5% |
| 1 month | −1.7% |
| 3 months | +2.7% |
| 1 year | +15.8% |
| 3 years | +17.2% |
| 5 years | +8.0% |
| 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 | LCTD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +10.5% | |
| 2025 | +30.4% | |
| 2024 | +3.2% | |
| 2023 | +17.1% | |
| 2022 | −16.2% | |
| 2021 | +4.4% |
LCTD in the news
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LCTD Dividends
- 3.29%
- $1.95
- $0.96 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.96 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $1.00 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.98 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.74 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.89 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.65 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.73 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.59 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.77 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.74 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.31 |
LCTD Risk
- 12.2%
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.
- 0.97
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.
- −29.7%
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.
- 0.80
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
LCTD Cost
- The middle half of International ESG & Values Index funds
- Median 0.26%
11 of the 18 International ESG & Values Index funds charge less.