Capital Group Short Duration Income ETF
$25.39−0.12 (−0.45%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.25%
- Fund size
- $2.7B
- 1Y return
- +2.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.46%
- Holdings
- 839
- Volume · 30D
- 0.6M sh
- NAV per share
- $25.47
- 52W range
The ETF.net CGSD Grade
Score 52 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 15Category 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.CScore 47Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 67Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.FScore 24Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 63Category rank
Our read on CGSD
CCapital Group brings its bond desk to the short end: an actively run fund that seeks current income while emphasizing preservation of capital, priced under the median fee in its category.
The fund seeks current income while maintaining a short-duration profile and emphasizing preservation of capital.
Why people hold it
- Active management at 0.25% a year, below the 0.36% median for its bond peer group.
- The mandate is explicit: current income, a short-duration profile, and emphasis on preserving capital. Less rate whiplash than a long-bond sleeve by design.capitalgroup.com
- Roughly 800 bonds spread the credit risk, and income is paid out monthly.
- Billions in assets and steady daily trading put it among the stronger implementations in its cohort.
Worth knowing
- Index core-bond options like BND and SCHZ charge 0.03%. The gap is what you pay for an active short-duration approach.
- No index to hold it to. Holdings reflect the manager's judgment on credit and duration.
- Launched in 2022, so it has a short history next to decades-old core bond funds.
CGSD Holdings
- Bonds
- 839
- 24%
- CAPITAL GROUP CENTRAL CASH FUN CAPITAL GROUP CNTRL CSH M
Sectors
- Securitized38.7%
- Corporate33.4%
- Government27.9%
- Municipal0.0%
Geography
- United States83.48%
- United Kingdom2.95%
- Mexico2.83%
- Canada2.78%
- France2.08%
- Netherlands1.10%
- Japan0.89%
- Colombia0.73%
- 3.16%
CGSD 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 | CGSD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.9% |
| 1 month | −0.5% |
| 3 months | +0.1% |
| 1 year | +2.1% |
| 3 years | +5.2% |
| 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 | CGSD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.9% | |
| 2025 | +6.1% | |
| 2024 | +5.5% | |
| 2023 | +5.0% | |
| 2022 | +1.3% |
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CGSD Dividends
- 4.46%
- $1.14
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.09 |
| May 29, 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | May 1, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 2, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Feb 2, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 24, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Nov 3, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.09 |
CGSD Risk
- 1.8%
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.
- 0.34
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.
- −1.8%
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.
- 0.25
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CGSD Cost
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) funds
- Median 0.15%
18 of the 23 Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) funds charge less.