EA Astoria Dynamic Core US Fixed Income ETF
$24.53−0.15 (−0.62%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.55%
- Fund size
- $98M
- 1Y return
- +1.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.24%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $24.67
- 52W range
The ETF.net AGGA Grade
Score 43 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 13Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 90Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 63Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 22Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 31Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.FScore 19Category rank
Our read on AGGA
CAGGA doesn't buy bonds. It buys bond ETFs, with an active manager at Astoria shifting the mix and aiming to beat the plain vanilla aggregate index. A 2025 launch charging 0.55% for that judgment.
The Fund seeks current income. It is actively managed and invests primarily in other U.S. fixed income ETFs to provide core fixed-income exposure while seeking to outperform broad fixed-income benchmarks.
Why people hold it
- One ticker, an outsourced bond desk. The manager moves between US fixed income ETFs instead of tracking a fixed index sleeve, and the mandate reaches beyond the US into emerging market debt.
- Income is the stated job, not a byproduct. The prospectus objective is current income, and the fund pays on a monthly schedule.
- The portfolio matches the label: core US fixed income assembled from other bond ETFs, which is exactly what the filing describes, with no structural red flags on the record.
Worth knowing
- At 0.55%, you pay for the active call on top of whatever the underlying ETFs charge. Index core bond funds like BND, SCHZ and SPAB charge a small fraction of that.
- Launched in April 2025, so there is little history to judge the manager by, and it is not among the heavily traded names in its category. Limit orders matter.
- It sits in the lower half of a crowded core bond peer group, where cheap index giants set the bar.
AGGA Holdings
- Bonds
- —
- 81%
- IGIB
Geography
- United States100.00%
AGGA Performance
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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 | AGGA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.4% |
| 1 month | −0.5% |
| 3 months | −0.4% |
| 1 year | +1.3% |
| 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 | AGGA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.4% | |
| 2025 | +4.4% |
AGGA in the news
ETF.net Research hasn’t filed on AGGA yet — coverage lands here as it’s written.
AGGA Dividends
- 4.24%
- $1.05
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Jul 9, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Jun 8, 2026 | $0.09 |
| May 7, 2026 | May 8, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Apr 9, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Feb 6, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 8, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Nov 10, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Oct 8, 2025 | $0.09 |
AGGA Risk
- 2.0%
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.
- 0.03
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.
- −1.4%
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.
- 0.08
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AGGA Cost
- The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
- Median 0.34%
93 of the 112 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.