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iShares World ex U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF (LCTD)

Foreign Large Blend | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
59.16 USD -0.27 (-0.454%) ⇩ (April 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:25 p.m. EDT

The LCTD ETF presents a dangerous valley for income investors: the 3.57% yield sits squarely on a 5-year dividend trajectory of erosion (-12% over 2 years), peaking at $0.997 and dropping to $0.649 two years prior. The price action (up ~10% in 14 days) contradicts the deteriorating payout ratio and non-existent data signals ('' in news/headlines). This is a <SIDE> misfire.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.030286
MSTL0.031557
AutoETS0.032141
AutoARIMA0.032468

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.43
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.365
Excess Kurtosis -0.93
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 19.71

As of April 18, 2026, 11:25 p.m. EDT: Options activity is extremely thin with negligible volume and open interest (VIX index tickers average levels). Puts dominate the sparse data, concentrated at near-the-money strikes (56.0, 58.0) for August expiration, while May 53.0 strikes serve as an artificial anchor. The lack of directional flow (no significant OTM positioning, low total exp Vol) suggests speculators are awaiting further thesis confirmation rather than betting on immediate volatility or directional moves. IV is low (0.23-0.4), indicating quiet markets.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.84% 3.83% 3.74%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-12-16 0.997 1.844930
2025-06-16 0.977 1.988430
2024-12-17 0.741 1.726062
2024-06-11 0.886 2.077485
2023-12-20 0.649 1.638688
2023-06-07 0.734 1.930021
2022-12-13 0.591 1.644251
2022-06-09 0.767 2.144206
2021-12-13 0.743 1.843050
2021-06-10 0.306 0.728807
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 3.57

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 60.282
All Time Low 32.94
Ask 62.56
Ask Size 200
Average Daily Volume10 Day 6,380
Average Daily Volume3 Month 8,304
Average Volume 8,304
Average Volume10Days 6,380
Beta3 Year 0.95
Bid 55.82
Bid Size 200
Category Foreign Large Blend
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 59.21
Day Low 59.105
Dividend Yield 3.57
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.001114
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 57.257
Fifty Day Average Change 1.8987007
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.03316102
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 26.683224
Fifty Two Week High 60.282
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.1263008
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.018683866
Fifty Two Week Low 46.485
Fifty Two Week Low Change 12.6707
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2725761
Fifty Two Week Range 46.485 - 60.282
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,617,888,600,000
Five Year Average Return 0.0837588
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family BlackRock
Fund Inception Date 1,617,667,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund seeks to outperform the price and yield performance of the MSCI World ex USA Index before including Fund expenses, while optimizing for LCETR scores criteria based on proprietary BFA research. The Advisor selects portfolio securities that are components of the index. The index measures the performance of large- and mid-capitalization stocks across global developed market countries, excluding the U.S.
Long Name iShares World ex U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_701684904
Nav Price 59.16352
Net Assets 228,195,296.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.22
Open 59.157
Previous Close 59.4256
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.269897
Regular Market Change Percent -0.454177
Regular Market Day High 59.21
Regular Market Day Low 59.105
Regular Market Day Range 59.105 - 59.21
Regular Market Open 59.157
Regular Market Previous Close 59.4256
Regular Market Price 59.1557
Regular Market Time 1,776,708,069
Regular Market Volume 2,746
Short Name iShares World ex U.S. Carbon Tr
Source Interval 15
Symbol LCTD
Three Year Average Return 0.15388331
Total Assets 228,195,296
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 19.711248
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.07103
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.07103
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 54.461487
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.694214
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.08619327
Type Disp ETF
Volume 2,746
Yield 0.0357
Ytd Return 1.07103