iSharesShort-Term BondSLQD · Nasdaq

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (SLQD)

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Price: $49.71; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $2.4B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.06%; Category 0.63%
Yield: 4.37%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 2.2%+0.5%; Category 1.7%
3Y CAGR: 5.2%+0.1%; Category 5.1%
5Y CAGR: 2.5%+0.3%; Category 2.2%

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iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

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	-0.5%	-0.1%	+0.9%	+1.0%	+2.2%	+5.2%	+2.5%	+2.6%	+2.4%
Short-Term Bond average	-0.6%	-0.2%	0.6%	0.7%	1.7%	5.1%	2.2%	2.4%	3.0%
Difference	+0.1%	+0.1%	+0.3%	+0.3%	+0.5%	+0.1%	+0.3%	+0.2%	-0.5%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 0.8% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
XTSLA	BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency	0.81%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

AAA0.5%
AA9.8%
A47.9%
BBB41.8%

Asset mix

Bonds95.9%
Cash4.2%

ETF details

Issuer: iShares
Category: Fixed Income · Short-Term Bond
Ticker: SLQD
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 15 Oct 2013 (12.9 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.06% (category 0.63%)
Holdings turnover: 24% (category 130%)
Distribution yield: 4.37%
Beta, 3 years: 0.32
Total net assets: $2.4B
Average duration: 4.16 years
Average maturity: 9.82 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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