iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
This fund does not currently behave like the group it was assigned to, so its grouping is being re-reviewed. Grading pauses until the review resolves, because a letter measured against the wrong peer group would be a statement about the wrong funds.
The ETF.net SLQD Grade
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Under classification review
This fund does not currently behave like the group it was assigned to, so its grouping is being re-reviewed. Grading pauses until the review resolves, because a letter measured against the wrong peer group would be a statement about the wrong funds.
Our read on SLQD
iShares' liquid investment-grade corporate universe, trimmed to bonds maturing inside five years, for 0.06% a year. You keep the corporate credit; you shed most of the long-bond rate swings.
The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds with remaining maturities of less than five years.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.06% a year, under a third of the typical investment-grade corporate bond fund in its group.ishares.com
- Tracks an index of dollar-denominated investment-grade corporates maturing in under five years, screened for liquid issues. Credit stays on, duration comes off.ishares.com
- Thousands of bonds in one billion-dollar-plus wrapper, with income paid monthly.
- Running since 2013 and one of the stronger implementations in the investment-grade corporate group.
Worth knowing
- The window starts at zero years, so it holds paper close to maturity and reacts less to rate moves than intermediate peers like VCIT or IGIB. That cuts both ways.
- This is corporate credit, not Treasuries. Short maturities soften rate risk, they do not remove issuer risk.
- Monthly payouts float with prevailing rates and the bonds rolling through the portfolio. No fixed coupon at the fund level.
SLQD Holdings
- Bonds
- 3,089
- 3%
- Blk Csh Fnd Treasury Sl Agency
Geography
- United States100.00%
SLQD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SLQD$10,194
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 | SLQD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.9% |
| 1 month | −0.1% |
| 3 months | −0.2% |
| 1 year | +1.9% |
| 3 years | +5.2% |
| 5 years | +2.6% |
| 10 years | +2.6% |
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 | SLQD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.9% | |
| 2025 | +6.3% | |
| 2024 | +4.9% | |
| 2023 | +6.0% | |
| 2022 | −4.4% | |
| 2021 | −0.6% | |
| 2020 | +4.8% |
SLQD in the news
SLQD Dividends
- 4.46%
- $2.21
- $0.19 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
SLQD Risk
- 2.1%
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.
- 0.26
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.
- −7.3%
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.
- 0.32
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SLQD Cost
0.06%
SLQD0.06%
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) funds
- Median 0.15%
4 of the 23 Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) funds charge less.
Other funds in Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year)
- AIGSBiShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.04%1 year return +1.4%
- AVCSHVanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return +1.4%
- ASCHJSchwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return +1.4%
- ASPSBState Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.04%1 year return +2.3%
- BLDRCiShares iBonds 1-5 Year Corporate Ladder ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return +1.5%