Allspring Core Plus ETF
$23.69−0.28 (−1.17%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.31%
- Fund size
- $402M
- 1Y return
- −0.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.53%
- Holdings
- 560
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $23.91
- 52W range
The ETF.net APLU Grade
Score 65 of 100 sits in the B 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.AScore 75Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 91Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 34Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 43Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 67Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 40Category rank
Our read on APLU
BAn active core-plus bond fund: it measures itself against the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate, then ranges outside it into bank loans, foreign sovereigns and asset-backed paper. Priced below the typical active rival.
The Fund seeks total return from current income and capital appreciation. It normally invests at least 80% of net assets in debt securities, including corporate, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, bank loans, foreign sovereign debt, supranational entity securities, and U.S. Government obligations.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.31% a year, under the 0.36% median for aggregate-bond funds and under active core-plus rivals like FBND (0.36%), FLXR (0.40%) and DBND (0.45%).
- The "plus" is written into the mandate: at least 80% of net assets in debt, with room for corporates, mortgage- and asset-backed bonds, bank loans, foreign sovereigns and supranationals.
- Roughly 600 bond positions, and income lands monthly rather than quarterly.
- What the fund actually holds lines up closely with what its prospectus describes, one of the tighter mandate fits in the aggregate-bond group.
Worth knowing
- Launched in December 2024, so the track record is short and any read on its risk behavior rests on limited history.
- Plain index versions of the same benchmark run 0.03% (BND, AGG, SPAB). The extra fee here buys a manager's judgment, not index tracking.
- Trading is moderate rather than heavy, so spreads can be wider than the mega-cap bond ETFs and limit orders matter more.
APLU Holdings
- Bonds
- 560
- 23%
- U.S. Treasuries
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
Geography
- United States69.59%
- United Kingdom4.75%
- France3.09%
- Australia2.74%
- Canada2.47%
- Mexico2.28%
- Germany1.47%
- Colombia1.29%
- 12.32%
APLU 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 | APLU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.1% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | −1.5% |
| 1 year | −0.0% |
| 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 | APLU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.1% | |
| 2025 | +7.4% | |
| 2024 | −1.9% |
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APLU Dividends
- 5.53%
- $1.32
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | $0.09 |
| May 22, 2026 | May 27, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Apr 28, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Feb 26, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Jan 29, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Dec 17, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Oct 29, 2025 | $0.08 |
APLU Risk
- 3.3%
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.
- 0.08
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.
- −3.5%
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.
APLU Cost
- The middle half of Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds
- Median 0.41%
6 of the 27 Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds charge less.