iShares BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF
$83.21−0.81 (−0.96%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.15%
- Fund size
- $59M
- 1Y return
- +0.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.86%
- Holdings
- 1775
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $83.97
- 52W range
The ETF.net LQDB Grade
Score 76 of 100 sits in the A 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 80Category 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 58Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 59Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 77Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 46Category rank
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
- 1,775
- 6%
- BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY
Geography
- United States89.79%
- Canada2.87%
- Ireland1.93%
- United Kingdom1.68%
- Japan1.49%
- Luxembourg0.73%
- Netherlands0.60%
- Australia0.23%
- 0.68%
LQDB 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 | LQDB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.4% |
| 1 month | −0.3% |
| 3 months | −1.3% |
| 1 year | +0.1% |
| 3 years | +5.5% |
| 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 | −0.4% | |
| 2025 | +7.5% | |
| 2024 | +2.4% | |
| 2023 | +9.6% | |
| 2022 | −15.5% | |
| 2021 | +2.3% |
LQDB in the news
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LQDB Dividends
- 4.86%
- $4.08
- $0.35 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.34 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.35 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.34 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.31 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.34 |
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.
- −21.7%
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.
- 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
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate funds
- Median 0.30%
8 of the 49 Investment Grade Corporate funds charge less.