iShares iBonds 1-5 Year High Yield and Income Ladder ETF
$24.21−0.12 (−0.49%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $23M
- 1Y return
- +3.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 6.44%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $24.33
- 52W range
The ETF.net LDRH Grade
Score 67 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 70Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 81Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 51Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 52Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 88Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 32Category rank
Our read on LDRH
BA whole high-yield bond ladder in one ticker. LDRH tracks an index of iShares iBonds high yield funds that all mature inside six years, and it pays monthly. The DIY version means buying and rolling every rung yourself.
The fund seeks to track an index composed of iShares iBonds High Yield and Income ETFs with maturities under six years.
Why people hold it
- One trade replaces a stack of dated bond funds: the index is built from iShares iBonds High Yield and Income ETFs maturing under six years.ishares.com
- 0.35% expense ratio, below the 0.40% median for high-yield bond funds, which is unusual for a fund that holds other funds.
- Income lands monthly, and the short rungs keep the portfolio's rate sensitivity contained by design.
- Tracks its stated ladder index closely and lands in the upper half of the high-yield bond group on our review.
Worth knowing
- Plain broad high-yield index funds cost a fraction of this: SCYB runs 0.03% and SPHY 0.05%. The ladder structure is what the extra fee buys.
- A 2024 launch that is still small and thinly traded next to the category's household names, so spreads can be wider than you would see in SPHY or USHY.
- The rungs hold below-investment-grade credit. Short maturities shorten the wait, they do not remove default risk.
LDRH Holdings
- Bonds
- —
- 6%
- BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY
Sectors
- Energy100.0%
Geography
- United States99.88%
- Belgium0.12%
LDRH 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 | LDRH |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +1.8% |
| 1 month | −0.3% |
| 3 months | +0.2% |
| 1 year | +3.0% |
| 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 | LDRH |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +1.8% | |
| 2025 | +7.2% | |
| 2024 | +0.2% |
LDRH in the news
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LDRH Dividends
- 6.44%
- $1.57
- $0.13 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | $0.13 |
| May 4, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Feb 6, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | $0.13 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | $0.13 |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | $0.14 |
LDRH Risk
- 1.7%
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.
- 0.75
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.
- −3.2%
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.
- 0.12
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
LDRH Cost
- The middle half of US High Yield funds
- Median 0.43%
22 of the 84 US High Yield funds charge less.