Abacus Flexible Bond Leaders ETF
$19.04+0.00 (+0.00%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.83%
- Fund size
- $2M
- 1Y return
- +0.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.15%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $19.04
- 52W range
The ETF.net ABXB Grade
Score 20 of 100 sits in the F band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E. A structural cap ceilings this fund at 40, so B and A are out of reach.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 4Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 62Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 3Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 29Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 36Category rank
Our read on ABXB
FMost core bond funds buy the whole market and sit still. ABXB is being rebuilt as the opposite: a rules-based trend-following core-plus strategy that moves with the market, with at least 80% of assets in bonds.
The Fund is being repositioned as a tactical intermediate core-plus bond strategy using a trend-following system. Its revised policy requires at least 80% of assets in bonds or instruments with similar economic characteristics.
Why people hold it
- Rules run the show. A trend-following system sets the bond mix, and the revised policy keeps at least 80% of assets in bonds or instruments with similar economic characteristics.
- Not a startup fund. It has been trading since its 2020 launch, so there is a real record to inspect before the repositioning takes hold.
- Intermediate core-plus is the target zone, and cash distributions land on a quarterly schedule.
Worth knowing
- Cost is the trade-off: 0.63% a year, versus 0.03% at the giant index peers (BND, SPAB, SCHZ) that own the aggregate bond market outright.
- A small, thinly traded fund. Spreads can widen and large orders can move the price, which matters less with the mega-cap index names.
- The strategy is mid-repositioning and portfolio disclosure has run behind, so the latest holdings file is worth a look before assuming what is inside.
ABXB Holdings
- Bonds
- —
- 100%
- SGOV
Geography
- United States100.00%
ABXB 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 Sep 22, 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 | ABXB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.9% |
| 1 month | −0.7% |
| 3 months | −1.2% |
| 1 year | +0.5% |
| 3 years | +5.9% |
| 5 years | +0.7% |
| 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 | ABXB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.9% | |
| 2025 | +8.7% | |
| 2024 | +4.6% | |
| 2023 | +7.8% | |
| 2022 | −14.5% | |
| 2021 | +1.3% | |
| 2020 | +0.8% |
ABXB in the news
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ABXB Dividends
- 5.15%
- $0.98
- $0.26 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.30 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $2.11 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.31 |
| Jun 5, 2024 | Jun 6, 2024 | $0.28 |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Mar 7, 2024 | $0.22 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.10 |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Dec 7, 2023 | $0.21 |
ABXB Risk
- 4.6%
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.
- 0.25
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.
- −16.8%
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.
- 0.31
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ABXB Cost
- The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
- Median 0.34%
107 of the 112 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.