iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Corporate Ladder ETF

Frequently Asked Questions About LDRC

What does LDRC invest in?

The iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Corporate Ladder ETF is designed to mirror the financial performance of a specific market benchmark. This benchmark is composed of a collection of foundational iShares iBonds Corporate ETFs, each holding debt instruments that mature in fewer than six years.

What is the expense ratio of LDRC?

iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Corporate Ladder ETF (LDRC) charges an expense ratio of 0.10%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.

What is LDRC's dividend yield?

LDRC's trailing-twelve-month yield is 4.58%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price.

What is the duration of LDRC?

Effective duration measures LDRC's sensitivity to interest-rate changes — a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. LDRC's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website.

What is the credit quality of LDRC?

LDRC's credit quality breakdown — the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below — is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds.

What is the yield to maturity of LDRC?

Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from LDRC if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. LDRC's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website — it differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid.