iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Corporate Ladder ETF
$24.68−0.10 (−0.39%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.10%
- Fund size
- $91M
- 1Y return
- +1.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.26%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $24.77
- 52W range
The ETF.net LDRC Grade
Score 69 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 74Category 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 55Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 22Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 89Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 37Category rank
Our read on LDRC
BA bond ladder, prebuilt. LDRC holds a stack of iShares iBonds term funds, so investment-grade corporate maturities under six years sit inside one ticker at 0.10% a year.
The fund seeks to track an index of iShares iBonds Corporate ETFs with maturities under six years, providing an investment-grade corporate-credit bond ladder.
Why people hold it
- One ticker, one ladder: it tracks an index of iShares iBonds corporate funds, each holding bonds that mature in a set year, stretching out to just under six years.ishares.com
- 0.10% a year, below the median fee in the investment-grade corporate bond group, and modest for a wrapper that bundles several underlying funds.
- Maturities stay under six years, keeping it off the long end of the corporate curve where prices move most when rates shift. Income is paid monthly.
Worth knowing
- Young (launched November 2024) and thinly traded next to the category's household names, which can mean wider spreads at the moment you trade.
- Cost is the trade-off for structure: plain short-term corporate funds such as IGSB charge less, but hold one bucket of maturities instead of dated rungs.
- Still corporate credit. Investment grade, but downgrades and widening spreads show up in the price, and a fund-of-funds layer sits between you and the bonds.
LDRC Holdings
- Bonds
- —
- 2%
- BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY
Geography
- United States100.00%
LDRC 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 | LDRC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.5% |
| 1 month | −0.7% |
| 3 months | −0.3% |
| 1 year | +1.8% |
| 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 | LDRC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.5% | |
| 2025 | +6.4% | |
| 2024 | +0.4% |
LDRC in the news
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LDRC Dividends
- 4.26%
- $1.06
- $0.10 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | $0.09 |
| May 4, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Feb 6, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.03 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | $0.09 |
LDRC Risk
- 1.2%
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.
- 0.08
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.
- −1.1%
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.
- 0.03
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
LDRC Cost
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) funds
- Median 0.15%
5 of the 23 Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) funds charge less.