PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund
$87.08+0.12 (+0.14%)
- 0.56%
- $8.5B
- −2.1%
- 5.46%
- 0.7M sh
- $87.01
- low $86.11high $94.68
The ETF.net BOND Grade
B
Score 55 out of 100
- 18 of 29
Score 55 of 100 falls in the B 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.F23 out of 100Rank 21 of 29Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 27Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D29 out of 100Rank 26 of 29Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A80 out of 100Rank 4 of 29Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D28 out of 100Rank 24 of 29Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A85 out of 100Rank 2 of 29
Our read on BOND
BPIMCO's answer to the index core bond sleeve: an actively run, global fixed income portfolio that treats the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate as a yardstick, not a blueprint. Running since 2012, and you pay up for the manager.
The Fund seeks current income and long-term capital appreciation through an actively managed, diversified portfolio of fixed-income instruments. It may use derivatives and pursue strategic, bottom-up security selection.
Why people hold it
- Genuinely active: bottom-up security selection and derivatives in service of current income and long-term capital appreciation, with the Agg as a benchmark rather than a portfolio to copy.
- Trading since 2012 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund that changes hands actively, which helps keep round-trip costs modest for ordinary orders.
- Roughly 1,200 positions across global fixed income, with income paid out monthly.
- What it holds lines up with the global active bond mandate in its prospectus, and it sits in the upper half of a crowded core bond peer group.
Worth knowing
- 0.56% a year, against 0.03% at index core bond funds like BND and SPAB and a 0.36% peer median. The manager is the line item you're funding.
- Manager judgment and derivative positions drive the outcome, so results can diverge from the Agg in either direction.
- The mandate reaches globally, so the portfolio can hold exposures a plain US Aggregate tracker does not.
BOND Holdings
- Bonds
- 1,665
- 43%
- Us Treasury N/B 05/46 5 5.00% 05/15/2046
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
BOND Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
BOND$9,789
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 | BOND |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.9% |
| 1 month | −1.7% |
| 3 months | −3.5% |
| 1 year | −2.1% |
| 3 years | +5.2% |
| 5 years | −0.3% |
| 10 years | +1.7% |
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 | BOND |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.9% | |
| 2025 | +8.4% | |
| 2024 | +2.8% | |
| 2023 | +6.5% | |
| 2022 | −14.6% | |
| 2021 | −0.8% | |
| 2020 | +7.8% |
BOND in the news
BOND Dividends
- 5.46%
- $4.75
- $0.40 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
BOND Risk
- 6.0%
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.
- 0.06
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.
- −19.0%
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.
- 1.09
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BOND Cost
0.56%
BOND0.56%
- The middle half of Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds
- Median 0.45%
21 of the 28 Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds charge less.
Other funds in Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged)
- BNFLTVirtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +1.7%
- BBRTRiShares Total Return Active ETFExpense ratio 0.41%1 year return −1.7%
- CJFLXJPMorgan Flexible Debt ETFExpense ratio 0.64%1 year return +2.2%
- CSCMCSterling Capital Multi-Strategy Income ETFExpense ratio 0.55%1 year return —
- CFTBDFidelity Tactical Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.55%1 year return −1.0%