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Is LCTD a good investment?

Updated October 9, 2026

iShares World ex U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF (LCTD) is a ESG ETF. As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores LCTD 4.1 out of 10 — highest on Risk (6.0), lowest on Value (2.5). It trades at 18.0 times earnings, against its own median of 16.5. Its ten largest holdings are 16% of the fund.

What stands out in LCTD's data

Non-U.S. companies positioned for the carbon transition.

Trades at a discount to the typical ESG peer — you pay less for each dollar of earnings.

Trailing P/E multiple of 17.9x sits below the category median of 21.2x, with 352 holdings spread across developed markets.

Adds a carbon-transition focus to a developed ex-U.S. allocation.

How is LCTD rated? ETF Copilot scores iShares World ex U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF (LCTD) 4.1 out of 10

As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores iShares World ex U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF (LCTD) 4.1 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

  • Overall: 4.1 / 10
  • Growth: 4.0 / 10
  • Value: 2.5 / 10
  • Risk: 6.0 / 10
  • Quality: 4.6 / 10
  • Return: 3.8 / 10

Is LCTD expensive right now? It trades at 18.0 times earnings, against its own median of 16.5

As of October 9, 2026, LCTD is more expensive than 73% of its own last 5 years.

Trailing 12 months, built from LCTD's holdings. How we calculate this →

What's inside LCTD? 12% Tech

What's inside LCTD: Size (Large 73%, Mid 27%, Small 0%); Geography (International 100%, US 0%); Tech 11.8%; AI 0.3%; Semiconductors 6.2%; Memory 1.7%.

What are LCTD's top holdings? The ten largest are 16% of the fund

ASML, Royal Bank of Canada, Novartis, Banco Santander, SAP, Hitachi, Bank of Montreal, Nestle, Advantest and HSBC are LCTD's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 81% of ESG ETFs.

Half of LCTD's weight sits in its 53 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 141 equally weighted holdings.

What is LCTD's expense ratio? 0.37% a year

As of October 9, 2026, LCTD charges 0.37% a year, yields 3.37% and holds $314M in assets across 352 positions.

iShares World ex U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF (LCTD) — cost, income and size
MeasureLCTD
Expense ratio0.37%
Dividend yield3.37%
Assets under management$314M
Holdings352

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “iShares World ex U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF (LCTD) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 9, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/lctd

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