C000202331 Performance — BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, Investor C

Data updated: 2024-08-09

C000202331 returned +1.03% over one year to May 2024. The annualised 3-year return is −4.39%. The fund trailed its Long-Term Core Bond category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $87, against $91 for the category, and to $101 over one year, against $102. Volatility over the past three years was 7.58% a year. In the 12 months to May 2024 the fund lost a net $5.4M, and assets reached $48.35M.

C000202331 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Long-Term Core Bond category average over the same months.

PeriodC000202331Category average
1 year (Jun 2023 – May 2024)$101$102
3 years (Jun 2021 – May 2024)$87$91
Since data start (Sep 2019 – May 2024)$90$96

C000202331 Trailing Returns

Total returns to May 2024, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+1.03%
3 years (annualised)−4.39%

C000202331 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2024 (Jan–May)−1.69%
2023+4.78%
2022−14.83%
2021−3.40%
2020+6.74%
2019 (Sep–Dec)−0.92%

C000202331 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024−0.4%−1.4%+0.7%−2.1%+1.5%———————
2023+3.2%−2.7%+2.3%+0.6%−1.4%−0.4%−0.1%−0.7%−2.6%−1.8%+4.7%+3.9%
2022−2.1%−1.7%−2.8%−4.3%+0.3%−1.8%+2.4%−2.9%−4.5%−1.4%+3.6%−0.5%
2021−0.8%−1.8%−1.2%+0.7%+0.1%+0.7%+0.9%−0.1%−1.0%−0.7%+0.2%−0.4%
2020+1.8%+1.6%−1.2%+2.2%+0.3%+0.7%+1.6%−0.9%−0.2%−0.6%+1.2%+0.2%
2019————————−0.7%+0.2%−0.3%−0.2%

C000202331 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Jun 2021 – May 2024.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 7.58%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -1.17 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +4.70% (Nov 2023)
  • Worst month: −4.51% (Sep 2022)

C000202331 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$5.4M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $24.5M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.82×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
May 2024$7.1M$1.6M$5.4M
Apr 2024$2.5M$1.2M$1.2M
Mar 2024$919K$1.3M−$386K
Feb 2024$2.6M$644K$2.0M
Jan 2024$2.0M$1.1M$842K
Dec 2023$1.5M$1.2M$336K
Nov 2023$1.0M$2.9M−$1.9M
Oct 2023$1.5M$1.5M$40K
Sep 2023$2.0M$1.7M$318K
Aug 2023$872K$1.6M−$748K
Jul 2023$1.2M$12.2M−$10.9M
Jun 2023$1.3M$2.9M−$1.6M

C000202331 Assets Under Management

Net assets of BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2024-05-31$48.35M
2024-02-29$42.41M
2023-11-30$38.88M
2023-08-31$40.72M
2023-05-31$54.90M
2023-02-28$56.04M
2022-11-30$63.93M
2022-08-31$67.51M
2022-05-31$66.48M
2022-02-28$72.62M
2021-11-30$73.03M
2021-08-31$69.48M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.