iSharesCorporate BondQLTA · NYSE Arca

iShares Aaa-A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (QLTA)

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Price: $45.76; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $1.2B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.15%; Category 0.61%
Yield: 4.60%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -1.8%-0.9%; Category -0.9%
3Y CAGR: 4.2%-0.9%; Category 5.1%
5Y CAGR: -0.8%-0.7%; Category -0.1%

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iShares Aaa-A Rated Corporate Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-1.1%	-2.5%	-0.9%	-1.9%	-1.8%	+4.2%	-0.8%	+1.6%	+2.3%
Corporate Bond average	-1.1%	-2.0%	-0.3%	-1.5%	-0.9%	5.1%	-0.1%	2.3%	1.5%
Difference	0.0%	-0.5%	-0.6%	-0.4%	-0.9%	-0.9%	-0.7%	-0.6%	+0.8%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 0.4% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
XTSLA	BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency	0.44%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

AAA1.5%
AA18.3%
A80.2%

Asset mix

Bonds99.1%
Cash0.9%

ETF details

Issuer: iShares
Category: Fixed Income · Corporate Bond
Ticker: QLTA
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 14 Feb 2012 (14.6 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.15% (category 0.61%)
Holdings turnover: 16% (category 70%)
Distribution yield: 4.60%
Beta, 3 years: 1.11
Total net assets: $1.2B
Average duration: 4.48 years
Average maturity: 9.30 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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