iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF (LQDW)

BATS: LQDW · Real-Time Price · USD
24.13
+0.01 (0.04%)
Apr 24, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
Assets$268.06M
Expense Ratio0.34%
PE Ration/a
Shares Out11.20M
Dividend (ttm)$3.65
Dividend Yield15.12%
Ex-Dividend DateApr 2, 2026
Payout FrequencyMonthly
Payout Ration/a
Volume30,678
Open24.07
Previous Close24.12
Day's Range24.05 - 24.14
52-Week Low23.87
52-Week High26.06
Beta0.29
Holdings4
Inception DateAug 18, 2022

About LQDW

Fund Home Page

The iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF (LQDW) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the CBOE LQD BuyWrite index. The fund uses a fund-of-fund approach to passively track an index that measures the performance of holding shares of the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF and writes one-month call options against the shares. LQDW was launched on Aug 18, 2022 and is issued by BlackRock.

Asset Class Fixed Income
Category Corporate Bond
Stock Exchange BATS
Ticker Symbol LQDW
ETF Provider BlackRock
Index Tracked CBOE LQD BuyWrite Index

Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Apr 2, 2026$0.30316Apr 8, 2026
Mar 3, 2026$0.16272Mar 6, 2026
Feb 3, 2026$0.21784Feb 6, 2026
Dec 23, 2025$0.26648Dec 29, 2025
Dec 2, 2025$0.26623Dec 5, 2025
Nov 4, 2025$0.339Nov 7, 2025
Full Dividend History

Performance

LQDW had a total return of 8.05% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 2.53%.

News

BlackRock Announces 3 New BuyWrite Fixed Income ETFs For The Savvy Investor

On August 22, BlackRock Inc (NYSE: BLK) unveiled three new fixed income exchange traded funds, offering investors a BuyWrite strategy on fixed income assets.

Other symbols: HYGWTLTW
3 years ago - Benzinga

BlackRock Launches Industry's First BuyWrite Fixed Income ETFs

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock today launched a first-of-its-kind suite of fixed income ETFs that provide access to buy-write investment strategies on baskets of fixed income securities: the iSh...

Other symbols: HYGWTLTW
3 years ago - Business Wire