# ITDE vs the ETFIQ Strategic 95 benchmark

> In the year to Sep 30, 2026, ITDE returned +13.35%, 2.14 points behind the ETFIQ Strategic 95 benchmark’s hypothetical +15.49%.

Data as of Oct 9, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

Rebuilt every trading night. Figures as of Oct 9, 2026; trailing windows end at the last month end, Sep 30, 2026.

## ITDE against the ETFIQ Strategic 95 benchmark

iShares LifePath Target Date 2045 ETF holds 86.5% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, which places it in the aggressive band. Its matched benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic, 95% stocks, a written rule, not a fund.

+13.35% ITDE, 1 year

+15.49%* Strategic 95, 1 year

−2.14 Difference, points

0.11% Expense ratio

In the year to Sep 30, 2026, ITDE returned +13.35%, 2.14 points behind the ETFIQ Strategic 95 benchmark’s hypothetical +15.49%.

ETFIQ Strategic, 95% stocks: launched on Oct 3, 2026, when ETFIQ froze its rule. Figures before Oct 5, 2026 are hypothetical: today’s rule and funds applied to earlier prices, which is look-ahead. From Oct 5, 2026 the record is tracked, and a window that starts before it is hypothetical as a whole.

### Other allocation ETFs against their benchmarks

### ITDE and Strategic 95 by window

ITDE’s own market-price total return beside Strategic 95 over the same closes; YTD and 1 year as total returns, the longer windows a year over whole months. The difference is the two printed figures subtracted, in percentage points. *Hypothetical as a whole: the benchmark’s window begins before its tracked date, Oct 5, 2026. Data sourced by Tiingo .

| Window | From | To | ITDE | Strategic 95 | Difference, points | Side |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year to date | Dec 31, 2025 | Oct 9, 2026 | +11.56% | +13.42%* | −1.86 | ITDE behind |
| 1 year | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | +13.35% | +15.49%* | −2.14 | ITDE behind |
| 3 years, a year | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| 5 years, a year | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| 10 years, a year | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| Since Oct 19, 2023, a year | Oct 31, 2023 | Sep 30, 2026 | +20.73% | +22.39%* | −1.66 | ITDE behind |

### Fees

Both fees are already inside the returns above. On $10,000 is the fee times 100, the dollars a year at that fee.

| Portfolio | Fee | A year | On $10,000 | As of |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ITDE | Expense ratio, from its prospectus | 0.11% | $11 | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Strategic 95 | Weighted fund fee, inside its returns | 0.06% | $6 | Oct 9, 2026 |

### Questions people ask

Why is ITDE measured against ETFIQ Strategic 95? ITDE holds 86.5% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, so it sits in the aggressive band, more than 85% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 95 is the benchmark for that band. What does ETFIQ Strategic 95 hold? 95% VT and 5% US bonds (BND and AGG in equal parts), rebalanced on the last trading day of each month. It is a published rule, not a fund, and ETFIQ takes no payment from any fund company. Why are the benchmark’s returns hypothetical? Its rule was frozen on a stated date. Returns before it apply today’s rule and funds to earlier prices; the fund’s own returns are its market price with distributions reinvested. The price source does not carry funds that closed before 2016, so nothing here is free of survivorship bias. Total returns are market price with distributions reinvested, net of each fund’s own fees, with nothing else deducted. The price source does not carry funds that closed before 2016, so nothing here is free of survivorship bias. Data sourced by Tiingo .

### Where these figures came from

### Where to next

ETFIQ is an independent publisher of exchange-traded fund data. It is not a fund issuer, broker-dealer or investment adviser, takes no payment from issuers, and makes no recommendations.

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Source: ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.
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