BondBloxx BBB Rated 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF
This fund does not currently behave like the group it was assigned to, so its grouping is being re-reviewed. Grading pauses until the review resolves, because a letter measured against the wrong peer group would be a statement about the wrong funds.
The ETF.net BBBS Grade
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Under classification review
This fund does not currently behave like the group it was assigned to, so its grouping is being re-reviewed. Grading pauses until the review resolves, because a letter measured against the wrong peer group would be a statement about the wrong funds.
Our read on BBBS
Most investment-grade bond funds blend AAA down to BBB. BBBS takes only the bottom rung, BBB rated corporates, and caps maturities under five years. A ratings dial you set yourself, not a grab bag.
The Fund seeks to track the Bloomberg US Corporate BBB 1-5 Year Index, which represents taxable, fixed-rate, U.S. dollar-denominated BBB corporate bonds with remaining maturities from one to less than five years.
Why people hold it
- One job, done narrowly: the index covers taxable, fixed-rate, dollar-denominated BBB corporate bonds maturing in one to under five years. Credit tier and maturity are both pinned down.
- Short maturities mean far less rate sensitivity than long-dated corporate funds, and the basket spreads across many issuers rather than leaning on a handful.
- Sits in the upper half of a crowded investment-grade corporate field of dozens of ETFs, and it tracks its stated Bloomberg index closely.
Worth knowing
- The 0.19% fee is typical for investment-grade corporate ETFs, but broad short-term peers like IGSB and SPIB charge a small fraction of that for a wider credit mix.
- BBB is the last rung before high yield. Isolating it means more credit sensitivity than an all-grade fund that dilutes with AAA and AA paper.
- A small, thinly traded fund launched in 2024, so spreads can run wider than at the giants and distributions have not settled into a fixed rhythm.
BBBS Holdings
- Bonds
- 1,378
- 4%
- Space Explorati 5.35% 07/15/31
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
Geography
- United States88.56%
- United Kingdom3.78%
- Ireland1.79%
- Canada1.77%
- Japan1.28%
- Netherlands0.71%
- Austria0.38%
- Hong Kong0.32%
- 1.40%
BBBS Performance
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BBBS$10,128
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 | BBBS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.2% |
| 1 month | −0.2% |
| 3 months | −0.6% |
| 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 | BBBS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.2% | |
| 2025 | +6.7% | |
| 2024 | +5.0% |
BBBS in the news
BBBS Dividends
- 4.67%
- $2.33
- $0.19 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
BBBS Risk
- 2.2%
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.
- −0.13
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.
- −1.7%
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.
BBBS Cost
0.19%
BBBS0.19%
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) funds
- Median 0.15%
15 of the 23 Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) funds charge less.
Other funds in Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year)
- AIGSBiShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.04%1 year return +1.4%
- AVCSHVanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return +1.4%
- ASCHJSchwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return +1.4%
- ASPSBState Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.04%1 year return +2.3%
- BLDRCiShares iBonds 1-5 Year Corporate Ladder ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return +1.5%