iShares BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF
$82.41+0.04 (+0.05%)
- 0.15%
- $58M
- −1.6%
- 4.97%
- 0M sh
- $82.29
- low $81.76high $88.86
The ETF.net LQDB Grade
A
Score 77 out of 100
- 9 of 49
Score 77 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A81 out of 100Rank 9 of 49Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 45Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B59 out of 100Rank 11 of 49Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B57 out of 100Rank 19 of 49Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A81 out of 100Rank 11 of 49Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C46 out of 100Rank 30 of 49
Our read on LQDB
AMost investment-grade bond funds blend AAA through BBB. LQDB keeps only the BBB rung, the biggest and lowest-rated slice of the IG market, in one index fund of roughly 1,700 bonds that pays monthly.
The fund seeks to track an index containing U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds rated BBB.
Why people hold it
- Pure-play BBB. It tracks an index of dollar-denominated BBB corporate bonds only, with no A or AAA paper watering down the credit exposure.ishares.com
- 0.15% a year, under the median fee in its investment-grade corporate peer group.
- Roughly 1,700 bonds behind one ticker, with income paid monthly rather than quarterly.
- Tracking has hugged the benchmark closely, one of the cleaner index implementations in its group.
Worth knowing
- BBB is the last rung before high yield, so this concentrates the most downgrade-sensitive slice of investment grade instead of spreading across the ratings ladder.
- Small asset base and light trading volume, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than on the giant core bond ETFs.
- Broad IG funds like VCIT and USIG charge a few basis points, so the BBB-only tilt costs more than plain-vanilla corporate exposure.
LQDB Holdings
- Bonds
- 1,848
- 5%
- Blk Csh Fnd Treasury Sl Agency
Sectors
- Communications15.2%
- Energy12.9%
- Health Care12.8%
- Consumer Discretionary10.6%
- Electric7.9%
- Capital Goods7.5%
- Consumer Non-Cyclical6.7%
- Banking6.7%
- Insurance5.2%
- Finance Companies4.2%
- Basic Industry3.2%
- Reits2.4%
- Brokerage/Asset Managers/Exchanges2.0%
- Transportation1.6%
- Natural Gas0.8%
- Owned No Guarantee0.0%
Geography
- United States90.15%
- Canada2.75%
- United Kingdom1.63%
- Japan1.44%
- Ireland1.27%
- Netherlands1.14%
- Luxembourg0.74%
- Australia0.22%
- 0.66%
LQDB Performance
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LQDB$9,835
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | LQDB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.0% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | −2.4% |
| 1 year | −1.6% |
| 3 years | +5.6% |
| 5 years | +0.1% |
| 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 | LQDB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.0% | |
| 2025 | +7.5% | |
| 2024 | +2.4% | |
| 2023 | +9.6% | |
| 2022 | −15.5% | |
| 2021 | +2.3% |
LQDB in the news
Filings Digest
VanEck cuts its CLO ETF fee from 0.36% to 0.29%
LQDB Dividends
- 4.97%
- $4.10
- $0.36 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
LQDB Risk
- 6.1%
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.
- 0.13
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.
- −21.3%
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.
- 1.03
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
LQDB Cost
0.15%
LQDB0.15%
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate funds
- Median 0.29%
8 of the 49 Investment Grade Corporate funds charge less.
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