iShares Trust - iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

ARCA:LQD Stock Report

Market Cap: US$28.5b

iShares Trust - iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Bond ETF Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

iShares Trust - iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Bond ETF's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -39.5%, while the Capital Markets industry saw earnings growing at 8.9% annually. Revenues have been declining at an average rate of 0.9% per year. iShares Trust - iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Bond ETF's return on equity is 1.6%, and it has net margins of 36.5%.

Key information

-39.5%

Earnings growth rate

-40.2%

EPS growth rate

Capital Markets Industry Growth10.3%
Revenue growth rate-0.9%
Return on equity1.6%
Net Margin36.5%
Last Earnings Update31 Aug 2023

Recent past performance updates

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Recent updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
Beta

How iShares Trust - iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Bond ETF makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

ARCA:LQD Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Aug 231,438525500
31 May 231,330-1,793490
28 Feb 231,223-4,110490
30 Nov 221,090-5,319490
31 Aug 22958-6,528500
31 May 22946-3,951520
28 Feb 22934-1,374550
30 Nov 211,066-165610
31 Aug 211,1981,044670
31 May 211,3172,141700
28 Feb 211,4353,238730
29 Feb 201,2095,714500
28 Feb 191,216786470
30 Nov 181,228104490
31 Aug 181,241-578510
31 May 181,22550520
28 Feb 181,209677520
30 Nov 171,142605500
31 Aug 171,075533470
31 May 171,0381,095450
28 Feb 171,0021,657440
30 Nov 169652,256410
31 Aug 169292,854390
31 May 168691,181360
29 Feb 16810-491330
30 Nov 15762-419320
31 Aug 15715-346300
31 May 15680469290
28 Feb 156451,285270
30 Nov 146331,479260
31 Aug 146201,673250
31 May 14672818270
28 Feb 14723-36280
30 Nov 13809-223320
31 Aug 13895-411350
31 May 13913556350

Quality Earnings: LQD has a large one-off loss of $863.4M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st August, 2023.

Growing Profit Margin: LQD became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: LQD has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by -39.5% per year.

Accelerating Growth: LQD has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: LQD has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Capital Markets industry (-0.3%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: LQD's Return on Equity (1.6%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed

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