iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF
$22.02+0.01 (+0.05%)
- 0.18%
- $1.3B
- −2.2%
- 4.77%
- 0.3M sh
- $21.98
- low $10.60high $23.85
The ETF.net SUSC Grade
A
Score 75 out of 100
- 11 of 49
Score 75 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.A75 out of 100Rank 12 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.D31 out of 100Rank 42 of 49Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A70 out of 100Rank 11 of 49Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A89 out of 100Rank 3 of 49Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A79 out of 100Rank 7 of 49
Our read on SUSC
ACorporate bond beta with a conscience filter: roughly 4,000 investment-grade USD bonds, screened on business involvement and tilted toward better ESG profiles, in one ticker. Trading since 2017, paying monthly.
The fund seeks to track an index of investment-grade USD corporate bonds with positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics in aggregate.
Why people hold it
- Breadth, not a slice. About 4,000 investment-grade USD corporate bonds, so the screen runs across the whole market rather than a narrow corner of it.
- At 0.18%, it sits just under the typical fee in its investment-grade corporate peer group, which is unusual for a screened product.
- The label and the portfolio match: one named benchmark, the Bloomberg MSCI US Corporate ESG Focus Index, and a mandate you can hold the fund to.ishares.com
- Income arrives monthly, from a fund with a track record stretching back to its 2017 launch.
Worth knowing
- The screen carries a price tag. Plain broad investment-grade corporate funds like USIG and VCIT charge a fraction of 0.18% for unscreened exposure.
- ESG Aware is a tilt, not a purge. The index targets better ESG characteristics in aggregate alongside business involvement screens, so familiar large issuers still appear.ishares.com
- Trading is moderate rather than heavy, so spreads deserve a look on larger orders.
SUSC Holdings
- Bonds
- 3,959
- 3%
- Salesforce Inc 3.70% 04/11/2028
Sectors
- Banking24.3%
- Health Care9.3%
- Electric9.0%
- Capital Goods8.9%
- Energy8.7%
- Communications7.7%
- Consumer Non-Cyclical7.5%
- Consumer Discretionary6.2%
- Insurance6.2%
- Reits2.9%
- Basic Industry2.5%
- Transportation2.4%
- Brokerage/Asset Managers/Exchanges2.0%
- Natural Gas1.6%
- Finance Companies0.9%
Geography
- United States81.46%
- United Kingdom5.15%
- Canada4.47%
- Japan2.44%
- Netherlands1.74%
- Ireland1.66%
- Spain0.54%
- Australia0.52%
- 2.01%
SUSC Performance
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Not enough history yet.
SUSC$9,783
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 | SUSC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.5% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | −2.6% |
| 1 year | −2.2% |
| 3 years | +5.3% |
| 5 years | −0.4% |
| 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 | SUSC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.5% | |
| 2025 | +7.5% | |
| 2024 | +1.9% | |
| 2023 | +8.6% | |
| 2022 | −16.0% | |
| 2021 | −1.6% | |
| 2020 | +9.6% |
SUSC in the news
Filings Digest
VanEck cuts its CLO ETF fee from 0.36% to 0.29%
SUSC Dividends
- 4.77%
- $1.05
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
SUSC Risk
- 6.4%
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.
- 0.06
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.
- −22.0%
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.
- 1.11
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SUSC Cost
0.18%
SUSC0.18%
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate funds
- Median 0.29%
12 of the 49 Investment Grade Corporate funds charge less.
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