Invesco BulletShares 2030 Corporate Bond ETF
$16.18−0.10 (−0.64%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.10%
- Fund size
- $2.8B
- 1Y return
- +0.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.67%
- Holdings
- 448
- Volume · 30D
- 0.7M sh
- NAV per share
- $16.27
- 52W range
The ETF.net BSCU Grade
Score 66 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.CScore 49Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 39Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 66Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 79Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 63Category rank
Our read on BSCU
BA bond fund with an end date. BSCU tracks an index of investment-grade corporate bonds that mature in 2030, holds about 400 of them, and pays monthly: bond-like maturity behavior with ETF-style diversification.
The fund seeks exposure to the Nasdaq® BulletShares® USD Corporate Bond 2030 Index.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.10% a year, right at the going rate for target-maturity bond funds. No premium for the defined-maturity plumbing.
- Tracks the Nasdaq BulletShares USD Corporate Bond 2030 Index tightly, and it is a billion-dollar-plus fund that trades actively, so entering and exiting is rarely the hard part.
- About 400 investment-grade corporate bonds inside, with income paid monthly rather than the lumpy semiannual coupons of a single bond.
- One of the stronger builds in a crowded target-maturity field that includes iShares iBonds (IBDU) and Vanguard (VBCB).
Worth knowing
- This is corporate credit, not government paper. Before maturity, prices move with both interest rates and credit spreads; Treasury-only siblings like IBTJ skip the credit piece.
- One rung, not a ladder. A staggered maturity schedule takes several vintages (BSCT covers 2029), each bought separately.
- A few cohort peers undercut the 0.10% fee: VBCB at 0.08%, IBTJ at 0.07%, though they target different years and asset types.
BSCU Holdings
- Bonds
- 448
- 8%
- Boeing Co/The 5.15% 05/01/2030
Sectors
- Corporate100.0%
Geography
- United States90.30%
- Japan3.85%
- Canada2.28%
- Ireland1.21%
- United Kingdom1.02%
- Spain0.86%
- Norway0.36%
- Luxembourg0.11%
BSCU 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 | BSCU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.4% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | −0.7% |
| 1 year | +0.8% |
| 3 years | +5.9% |
| 5 years | +0.2% |
| 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 | BSCU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.4% | |
| 2025 | +8.2% | |
| 2024 | +3.1% | |
| 2023 | +8.7% | |
| 2022 | −15.1% | |
| 2021 | −3.0% | |
| 2020 | +2.1% |
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BSCU Dividends
- 4.67%
- $0.76
- $0.06 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Pays Sep 25, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | $0.06 |
| May 18, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 24, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 23, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Oct 24, 2025 | $0.06 |
BSCU Risk
- 5.4%
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.
- 0.21
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.
- −21.4%
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.
- 0.94
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BSCU Cost
- The middle half of Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate funds
- Median 0.10%
10 of the 42 Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate funds charge less.