iShares Aaa-A Rated Corporate Bond ETF
QLTA NYSE Arca
The iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Aaa to A, or equivalently rated, fixed rate U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. corporations.
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- Fund size
- 486M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.15% per year
- Dividend yield
- 4.75% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 4.5% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.15 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 44.8247.16
How QLTA has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 13Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, QLTA returned +1.6% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +4.6 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±5% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −5.0% on Sep 30, 2026 — 215 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.15 means QLTA has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Downtrend- 12-day average45.11 +0.1%
- 26-day average45.31 −0.3%
- 50-day average45.59 −1.0%
- 200-day average46.01 −1.9%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Corporate Investment Grade · Broad Maturities — tracking the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Aaa - A Capped Index.
- Assets under management486MUSD
- Expense ratio0.15%per year
- Holdings1,602
- Risk score2.1Low
Launched February 2012. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 48 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 2.15
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Oct 1, 2026
Last 12 months
2.15 USD / shareWhere QLTA shows up
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About iShares Aaa-A Rated Corporate Bond ETF
The iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Aaa to A, or equivalently rated, fixed rate U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. corporations.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 1,602 holdings
- Ticker
- QLTA
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US46429B2916
- CUSIP
- 46429B291
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Corporate Investment Grade
- Industry
- Broad Maturities
- Benchmark
- Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Aaa - A Capped Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 13, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.