iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (QLTA)

NYSE Arca: QLTAExchange-traded fund from iShares.

  • Expense ratio0.15%
  • Net assets$1.19B
  • Dividend yield4.74%
  • 1-year return-2.13%
  • Duration6.46 yrs

QLTA ETF price chart

QLTA quote & trading statistics

  • YTD-1.61%
  • 1 year-2.13%
  • 3 years+5.52%/yr
  • 5 years-0.37%/yr
  • 10 years+1.69%/yr
1Y volatility
4.43%
3Y volatility
6.22%
3Y Sharpe ratio
-0.02

Returns include reinvested distributions; 3-, 5- and 10-year figures are annualized.

QLTA bond portfolio

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Yield to maturity
6.09%
Effective duration
6.46 yrs
Average maturity
10.6 yrs
Average coupon
4.35%

A one-percentage-point rise in interest rates would lower the price by about 6.5%.

QLTA asset allocation

Bonds
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

QLTA market-cap breakdown

Mega cap
0.0%

About iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that BFA believes will help the fund track the underlying index. The underlying index is a subset of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Index, which measures the performance of the Aaa - A rated range of the fixed-rate, U.S. dollar-denominated taxable, corporate bond market.

QLTA ETF FAQ

What is the QLTA expense ratio?

iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF has a net expense ratio of 0.15%, or $15.00 a year for every $10,000 invested.

How much money is in QLTA?

iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF has about $1.19B in net assets.

How has QLTA performed?

QLTA returned -2.13% over the past year and -0.37% a year over the past five years, including reinvested distributions.

Does QLTA pay dividends?

QLTA has a dividend yield of 4.74% and pays distributions monthly.

When was QLTA launched?

iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF began trading on February 14, 2012.