iSharesCorporate BondQLTA · NYSE Arca

iShares Aaa-A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (QLTA)

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Price: $45.90; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $1.2B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.15%; Category 0.61%
Yield: 4.75%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -1.2%-0.5%; Category -0.7%
3Y CAGR: 5.7%-0.6%; Category 6.3%
5Y CAGR: -0.4%-0.7%; Category 0.2%

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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	+2.4%	-0.2%	-1.3%	-1.2%	-1.2%	+5.7%	-0.4%	+1.8%	+2.3%
Corporate Bond average	2.0%	-0.4%	-1.2%	-1.0%	-0.7%	6.3%	0.2%	2.3%	1.9%
Difference	+0.4%	+0.3%	-0.1%	-0.2%	-0.5%	-0.6%	-0.7%	-0.5%	+0.5%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 0.7% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
XTSLA	BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency	0.67%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

AAA1.4%
AA18.4%
A80.1%
BBB0.1%

Asset mix

Bonds99.1%
Cash0.9%

ETF details

Issuer: iShares
Category: Fixed Income · Corporate Bond
Ticker: QLTA
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 14 Feb 2012 (14.7 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.15% (category 0.61%)
Holdings turnover: 16% (category 70%)
Distribution yield: 4.75%
Beta, 3 years: 1.10
Total net assets: $1.2B
Average duration: 4.49 years
Average maturity: 9.04 years

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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