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BLCV (iShares Large Cap Value Active ETF) is no longer actively trading.
This usually means the fund has been liquidated, merged into another product, or its ticker has been retired. Every price, valuation, dividend, and analyst figure on this page is frozen at the last available trading session and reads as historical reference — not a current-day signal.
This ETF aims to achieve the highest possible overall investment gains.
Is BLCV's expense ratio expensive, average, or a steal for its category?
Pro reveals the verdict on a 5-tier spectrum calibrated against ICI 2025 industry averages, with strategy-aware bands so the comparison is meaningful.
iShares Large Cap Value Active ETF (NYSEARCA:BLCV - Get Free Report) saw a significant growth in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 3,011 shares, a growth of 20.9% from the February 26th total of 2,490 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 47,941 shares, the short-interest ratio
BLCV is an actively managed and concentrated large-cap value ETF benchmarked against the Russell 1000 Value Index. Its expense ratio is 0.46% and the ETF has $29 million in AUM. Despite its relative unpopularity, BLCV has soundly beat its benchmark since its launch on May 19, 2023. I attribute this to its 13.17x forward P/E, which is discounted by 19%. This analysis compares BLCV with four alternatives: IWD, VTV, CGDV, and FELV. I determined it easily has the most exposure to the value factor, though I have concerns about quality.
There are more than 3,000 ETFs for advisors and investors to consider including dozens that launched in September alone. It is hard for recent products to get on the radar and gather assets.
Actively managed ETFs represented less than 10% of U.S. assets but gathered approximately 30% of the industry's flows this year, as of August. This is more than triple the market share achieved during 2021, when ETFs gathered more than $900 billion, the current record.
After a slow start to asset gathering, U.S.-listed equity ETFs were in vogue during the summer. At the end of August, the asset category had $165 billion of net inflows, more than $125 billion for fixed income.