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

iShares · Bond ETFs · Corporate bond · data as of Oct 28, 2026

LQD paid $0.4387 a share, ex-date Oct 1, 2026, and 4.5% of its price in cash over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. As of Aug 31, 2026, LQD held 97.6% of net assets in corporate bonds. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

LQD tracks an index of US investment grade bonds and returned −3.4% over the past year.

## Key facts

- LQD, total return, 1 year: −3.4%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- LQD, expense ratio: 0.14%, as of Jun 18, 2026.
- LQD, holdings: 3191, as of Oct 27, 2026.
- LQD, below its high: −6.3%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- LQD, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 4.5%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- LQD, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.4387, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- LQD, net assets: $30.6bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026).

## LQD over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (IUSB) | Gap to IUSB |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | +2.0% | +1.5% | +0.5 pts |
| 3 months | −0.8% | −0.7% | −0.1 pts |
| 6 months | −2.0% | −1.1% | −0.9 pts |
| Year to date | −2.2% | −0.9% | −1.3 pts |
| 1 year | −3.4% | −1.2% | −2.2 pts |
| 3 years | +19.6% | +17.4% | +2.2 pts |
| 5 years | −4.6% | +0.4% | −5.0 pts |
| 10 years | +23.0% | +18.1% | +4.9 pts |
| Since launch | +177.5% | not available | not available |
| Since launch, annualised | +4.3% | – | – |

## LQD key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $112.28 on Oct 29, 2025 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $101.83 on Oct 5, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $104.07, 21% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 3191
- Top ten weight: 1.5%

## LQD trading

- IQ Liquidity Score 99, Trades like a giant, 98th percentile of 200 bonds ETFs.
- Trades like a giant: trades at a typical spread of 0.01%.
- $1,000: about $0.05, 0.005%, one way.
- $10,000: about $0.50, 0.005%, one way.
- Full cost to own, 1 year at $10,000: 0.19%, against 0.14% for the fee alone.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.08%; 95% of days within ±0.11%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $104.30, that’s $104.31 to buy and $104.29 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/lqd/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Corporate bond | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.14% | 485BPOS XBRL, Jun 18, 2026 |
| Price | $104.07 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Jul 26, 2002 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $30.6bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index, measured by IUSB, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its shareholder report, N-CSR, May 5, 2026 | ETFIQ |
| LQD, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | −3.4% | ETFIQ |
| IUSB, the same days | −1.2% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | −2.2 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −6.3% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 3191 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 1.5% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings published for | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |
| Holdings as of the close of | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |

## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026

| Window | Dates | Net flow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$1.2bn |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$2.8bn |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$2.8bn |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$2.1bn |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$155m |

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/lqd.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has LQD performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, LQD returned −3.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index. Over three years the number is +19.6%.

### What does LQD cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.14% a year.

### How far is LQD below its high?

6.3% below its high of Sep 22, 2021, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.

### What dividend does LQD pay?

LQD pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.4387 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, LQD, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/lqd
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