

PGIM AAA CLO Aggregate Duration ETF
$48.140.00 (0.00%)
- 0.19%
- $25M
- 0M sh
- $48.11
- low $47.91high $50.42
The ETF.net AAAD Grade
Score 44 out of 100
- 22 of 34
Score 44 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A83 out of 100Rank 1 of 34Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F8 out of 100Rank 33 of 33Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F20 out of 100Rank 32 of 34Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.F24 out of 100Rank 30 of 34Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C41 out of 100Rank 25 of 34
Our read on AAAD
CAlmost every AAA CLO ETF is floating rate with next to no duration. AAAD takes the same senior CLO collateral and layers Treasury futures on top, targeting a duration within a year of the broad US bond index. A core-style bond fund built out of CLOs.
Seeks to maximize total return through current income and capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- The mechanism is the whole idea: AAA-rated CLOs for the credit exposure, Treasury futures and rate swaps for the duration, aiming to stay within a year of the Bloomberg US Aggregate.sec.gov
- Priced at 0.19%, a hair under the 0.20% charged by the category's best-known AAA CLO funds (JAAA, CLOA, ACLO) and well below the cohort median near 0.29%.
- Not built from scratch: it can hold AAA CLOs directly or through PGIM's established PAAA fund, leaning on the same securitized credit desk.pgim.com
- One ticker covers both jobs, senior CLO credit and interest-rate exposure, instead of pairing a floating-rate CLO fund with a separate Treasury sleeve. Income is paid quarterly.sec.gov
Worth knowing
- Duration cuts both ways. CLOs themselves usually carry under a year of it; the overlay deliberately stretches the portfolio far longer, so prices move with Treasury yields.sec.gov
- Layered plumbing: PGIM's own disclosure flags that the fund of funds structure carries the underlying funds' risks and that leveraging techniques can magnify losses.pgim.com
- A 2026 launch with a limited operating history per its own disclosure, and thinner trading than the category's heavyweights, which can widen bid-ask spreads.pgim.com
AAAD Holdings
- Bonds
- 9
- 103%
- PAAA
Geography
- United States100.00%
AAAD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | AAAD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | −1.2% |
| 3 months | −2.1% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | AAAD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.0% |
AAAD in the news
AAAD Dividends
- $0.19 per share
- Monthly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
AAAD Risk
- —
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
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How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
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How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.78
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AAAD Cost
- The middle half of Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLO) funds
- Median 0.29%
No Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLO) fund charges less.
Other funds in Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLO)
- CYCLOFranklin BSP CLO ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return —
- CFCLOFidelity CLO ETFExpense ratio 0.45%1 year return —
- CJBBBJanus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETFExpense ratio 0.47%1 year return +5.2%
- DCLOZEldridge BBB-B CLO ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +6.0%
- DBCLOiShares BBB-B CLO Active ETFExpense ratio 0.45%1 year return +6.2%

