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iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (QLTA)

Corporate Bond | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
47.94 USD +0.21 (0.440%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 47.94
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★★
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 4:12 p.m. EDT

QLTA, the iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF, presents a mixed picture. In the short term, the price has been relatively stable, hovering around the 47.50 range, with minor fluctuations. While the recent price action doesn't show strong momentum, the recent dip below the 50-day average and the overall low volatility might present a buy-the-dip opportunity. However, the lack of significant upward movement suggests caution, and traders might consider waiting for a clearer trend before entering. For long-term investors, QLTA offers a strong dividend yield of 4.39%, which is consistent and reliable, indicating a solid yield for income-focused investors. The fund's focus on high-grade corporate bonds makes it a good choice for those seeking stable returns and lower risk. The recent news and activity suggest some interest, but the fund's performance is more dependent on broader market conditions. Overall, QLTA is a solid choice for long-term investors looking for a reliable income stream, but short-term traders should be cautious and look for clearer signals before making trades.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.006880
MSTL0.007409
AutoETS0.007693
AutoARIMA0.008671

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 47%
H-stat 5.47
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.280
Excess Kurtosis -1.01

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.38% 4.48% 4.35% 3.73%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-01 0.181 0.381374
2026-03-02 0.177 0.367783
2026-02-02 0.175 0.367465
2025-12-19 0.176 0.370371
2025-12-01 0.176 0.369878
2025-11-03 0.173 0.365726
2025-10-01 0.170 0.358513
2025-09-02 0.175 0.376809
2025-08-01 0.174 0.374221
2025-07-01 0.175 0.379019
2025-06-02 0.175 0.386651
2025-05-01 0.175 0.386853
2025-04-01 0.166 0.365061
2025-03-03 0.185 0.406048
2025-02-03 0.165 0.370301
2024-12-18 0.176 0.396802
2024-12-02 0.171 0.377613
2024-11-01 0.156 0.350981
2024-10-01 0.170 0.368838
2024-09-03 0.170 0.375692
2024-08-01 0.135 0.303336
2024-07-01 0.160 0.370917
2024-06-03 0.160 0.369250
2024-05-01 0.161 0.378979
2024-04-01 0.157 0.363836
2024-03-01 0.154 0.356853
2024-02-01 0.154 0.350809
2023-12-14 0.155 0.354520
2023-12-01 0.148 0.348599
2023-11-01 0.148 0.368344
2023-10-02 0.141 0.350919
2023-09-01 0.144 0.347594
2023-08-01 0.143 0.342761
2023-07-03 0.130 0.310155
2023-06-01 0.136 0.324124
2023-05-01 0.126 0.300651
2023-04-03 0.133 0.313741
2023-03-01 0.126 0.309488
2023-02-01 0.104 0.243683
2022-12-15 0.129 0.307606
2022-12-01 0.118 0.284160
2022-11-01 0.123 0.313816
2022-10-03 0.122 0.305253
2022-09-01 0.089 0.215263
2022-08-01 0.098 0.226800
2022-07-01 0.141 0.335299
2022-06-01 0.103 0.241870
2022-05-02 0.099 0.236359
2022-04-01 0.088 0.197682
2022-03-01 0.095 0.207250
2022-02-01 0.090 0.193435
2021-12-16 0.093 0.193726
2021-12-01 0.090 0.187353
2021-11-01 0.088 0.183385
2021-10-01 0.094 0.195327
2021-09-01 0.086 0.177279
2021-08-02 0.088 0.180537
2021-07-01 0.091 0.189416
2021-06-01 0.090 0.190285
2021-05-03 0.092 0.195210
2021-04-01 0.093 0.198439
2021-03-01 0.098 0.206819
2021-02-01 0.094 0.194409
2020-12-17 0.100 0.204844
2020-12-01 0.135 0.276208
2020-11-02 0.100 0.208533
2020-10-01 0.098 0.203233
2020-09-01 0.093 0.191569
2020-08-03 0.096 0.195254
2020-07-01 0.105 0.218597
2020-06-01 0.117 0.248049
2020-05-01 0.117 0.252008
2020-04-01 0.128 0.284110
2020-03-02 0.130 0.280543
2020-02-03 0.132 0.288643
2019-12-19 0.128 0.286314
2019-12-02 0.134 0.300769
2019-11-01 0.136 0.305054
2019-10-01 0.130 0.291841
2019-09-03 0.140 0.312641
2019-08-01 0.133 0.305167
2019-07-01 0.133 0.307236
2019-06-03 0.138 0.325152
2019-05-01 0.138 0.331603
2019-04-01 0.142 0.342519
2019-03-01 0.140 0.344403
2019-02-01 0.142 0.349253
2018-12-18 0.138 0.347712
2018-12-03 0.135 0.345240
2018-11-01 0.140 0.358282
2018-10-01 0.131 0.331178
2018-09-04 0.128 0.322383
2018-08-01 0.131 0.331035
2018-07-02 0.130 0.330864
2018-06-01 0.124 0.314781
2018-05-01 0.128 0.327545
2018-04-02 0.121 0.305736
2018-03-01 0.125 0.316716
2018-02-01 0.117 0.292189
2017-12-21 0.117 0.289607
2017-12-01 0.119 0.294096
2017-11-01 0.117 0.289424
2017-10-02 0.118 0.292879
2017-09-01 0.119 0.295406
2017-08-01 0.118 0.293861
2017-07-03 0.118 0.297624
2017-06-01 0.117 0.295484
2017-05-01 0.117 0.298489
2017-04-03 0.116 0.297179
2017-03-01 0.118 0.303924
2017-02-01 0.115 0.298843
2016-12-22 0.078 0.204465
2016-12-01 0.112 0.292717
2016-11-01 0.112 0.283968
2016-10-03 0.112 0.280952
2016-09-01 0.111 0.277057
2016-08-01 0.111 0.277628
2016-07-01 0.112 0.281228
2016-06-01 0.112 0.288468
2016-05-02 0.104 0.267620
2016-04-01 0.113 0.293244
2016-03-01 0.120 0.320281
2016-02-01 0.131 0.352880
2015-12-24 0.233 0.629755
2015-12-01 0.145 0.389098
2015-11-02 0.157 0.424154
2015-10-01 0.112 0.304045
2015-09-01 0.108 0.294583
2015-08-03 0.108 0.292675
2015-07-01 0.108 0.299015
2015-06-01 0.107 0.291033
2015-05-01 0.108 0.291802
2015-04-01 0.112 0.297657
2015-03-02 0.107 0.288037
2015-02-02 0.105 0.278633
2014-12-24 0.105 0.288044
2014-12-01 0.105 0.287680
2014-11-03 0.104 0.286018
2014-10-01 0.101 0.278383
2014-09-02 0.101 0.278337
2014-08-01 0.100 0.277356
2014-07-01 0.098 0.272925
2014-06-02 0.099 0.275966
2014-05-01 0.099 0.276175
2014-04-01 0.091 0.257257
2014-03-03 0.098 0.275966
2014-02-03 0.098 0.278573
2013-12-26 0.096 0.278421
2013-12-02 0.094 0.272270
2013-11-01 0.091 0.263759
2013-10-01 0.091 0.266048
2013-09-03 0.085 0.251292
2013-08-01 0.090 0.264008
2013-07-01 0.091 0.267099
2013-06-03 0.088 0.252665
2013-05-01 0.087 0.242182
2013-04-01 0.086 0.243454
2013-03-01 0.085 0.240838
2013-02-01 0.083 0.237297
2012-12-26 0.083 0.233995
2012-12-03 0.076 0.213824
2012-10-01 0.107 0.302517
2012-09-04 0.101 0.288234
2012-08-01 0.107 0.305247
2012-07-02 0.107 0.312607
2012-06-01 0.108 0.319395
2012-05-01 0.104 0.308226
2012-04-02 0.152 0.456766
Additional Data
dividendYield 4.39

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 59.53
All Time Low 43.8
Ask 50.0
Ask Size 500
Average Daily Volume10 Day 225,700
Average Daily Volume3 Month 282,020
Average Volume 282,020
Average Volume10Days 225,700
Beta3 Year 1.1
Bid 47.95
Bid Size 1,800
Category Corporate Bond
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 48.0343
Day Low 47.9315
Dividend Yield 4.39
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 47.9302
Fifty Day Average Change 0.009799957
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.00020446311
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 2.9639125
Fifty Two Week High 49.02
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.0800018
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.02203186
Fifty Two Week Low 46.39
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.5499992
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.033412356
Fifty Two Week Range 46.39 - 49.02
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,329,402,600,000
Five Year Average Return 0.0037834002
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family iShares
Fund Inception Date 1,329,177,600
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 will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that BFA believes will help the fund track the underlying index. The underlying index is a subset of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Index, which measures the performance of the Aaa - A rated range of the fixed-rate, U.S. dollar-denominated taxable, corporate bond market.
Long Name iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_170844641
Nav Price 47.94143
Net Assets 1,663,647,740.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.15
Open 48.0
Phone 415-670-2000
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 47.94
Post Market Time 1,776,456,293
Previous Close 47.73
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.209999
Regular Market Change Percent 0.439973
Regular Market Day High 48.0343
Regular Market Day Low 47.9315
Regular Market Day Range 47.9315 - 48.0343
Regular Market Open 48.0
Regular Market Previous Close 47.73
Regular Market Price 47.94
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 261,058
Short Name iShares Aaa A Rated Corporate B
Source Interval 15
Symbol QLTA
Three Year Average Return 0.0448131
Total Assets 1,663,647,744
Tradeable 0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -0.43994
Trailing Three Month Returns -0.43994
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 48.11285
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.17285156
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.0035926278
Type Disp ETF
Volume 261,058
Yield 0.043899998
Ytd Return -0.43994