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About iShares Aaa A Rated Corporate Bond ETF
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Inception date
Feb 14, 2012
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
QLTA reflects the broad investment-grade corporate market reasonably well even as it focuses on bonds with higher credit quality. It includes only those rated AAA to A, and excludes the bonds rated BBB out of its investment-grade universe, sacrificing yield for safety. QLTA also invests across multiple sectors and only requires a minimum maturity of at least one year. Subsequently, it weights each security based on market value, with a cap of 3%. The fund uses a sampling method in tracking the index, meaning it invests in securities that have identical characteristics of the securities that comprise the Index.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Corporate99.21%
Cash0.79%
Stock breakdown by region
North America87.74%
Europe6.46%
Asia4.51%
Oceania1.30%
Latin America0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
QLTA last dividends amounted to 0.17 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.17 USD in dividends, which shows a 5.28% increase.
QLTA assets under management is 1.65 B USD. It's risen 1.84% over the last month.
QLTA fund flows account for 602.54 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, QLTA pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 4.28%. The last dividend (May 6, 2025) amounted to 0.17 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
QLTA shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Feb 14, 2012, and its management style is Passive.
QLTA expense ratio is 0.15% meaning you'd have to pay 0.15% of your investment to help manage the fund.
QLTA follows the Bloomberg US Corporate Capped Index (Aaa - A). ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
QLTA invests in bonds.
QLTA price has fallen by −0.19% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −0.32% decrease. See more dynamics on QLTA price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −0.21% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 3.60% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −0.21% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 3.60% in a year.
QLTA trades at a premium (0.07%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.