iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) ETF Analysis

Fund Overview

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) is an exchange-traded fund in the Corporate Bond category. Total net assets stand at $32.04B. The expense ratio is 0.14%. On a $10,000 position that is $14.00 a year. iShares is the fund family on file. The inception date on file is July 22, 2002.

BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency alone accounts for 1.05% of the portfolio.

Performance Analysis

The most recent close on file for LQD is $105.48, dated September 4, 2026. The trailing one-year price return is −2.71%. The stored price history starts on February 7, 2025, and the total return since then is +2.63%. The fund distributes at a trailing yield of 4.67%. The provider also reports a 3 years average return of +4.74%.

2026 is still running; the price is −3.92% year to date.

Price & Risk Profile

The 52-week range on file runs from $105.20 to $112.93. The latest close sits 0.27% above that 52-week low. Annualized volatility over the trailing 1 year is 5.34%. Beta against the wider market is reported at 1.35. The volatility figure is calculated from the stored daily closes, the same series the charts on this page use.