Dimensional Ultrashort Fixed Income ETF
$50.48−0.04 (−0.09%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.15%
- Fund size
- $2.3B
- 1Y return
- +3.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.34%
- Holdings
- 432
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $50.52
- 52W range
The ETF.net DUSB Grade
Score 74 of 100 sits in the A 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.BScore 68Category 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 53Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 64Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 83Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 74Category rank
Our read on DUSB
ADimensional took its systematic, research-driven playbook to the parking-lot end of the bond market in 2023: a roughly 400-bond ultrashort fund at 0.15% a year, run to maximize total return rather than hug an index.
The fund seeks to maximize total returns, consisting of income and capital appreciation. It generally invests in investment-grade fixed-income securities, usually maturing within one year, while maintaining a weighted average maturity of no more than one year.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.15% a year, below the median for ultrashort bond ETFs and level with what SHV and PULS cost.
- No index to track. The stated mandate is to maximize total returns, giving managers room to work inside the ultrashort band.
- Spreads the money across about 400 bonds, so no single issuer carries much of the load.
- Pays monthly, holds billions in assets, and sees steady enough volume to trade without drama. One of the stronger builds among ultrashort bond ETFs.
Worth knowing
- Cheaper shelf-mates exist: VUSB runs 0.10% for a similar ultrashort job.
- Launched in 2023, so its live record is short next to ultrashort funds that have traded through more rate cycles.
- It is a bond ETF, not a money market fund. The share price floats and the monthly income moves with short-term rates.
DUSB Holdings
- Bonds
- 432
- 9%
- COOPERATI VRN 01/14/28
Geography
- United States69.20%
- Australia5.41%
- Canada5.37%
- United Kingdom5.11%
- France3.84%
- Japan3.79%
- Netherlands1.50%
- Finland1.12%
- 4.68%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
DUSB 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 | DUSB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.5% |
| 1 month | −0.0% |
| 3 months | +0.7% |
| 1 year | +3.7% |
| 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 | DUSB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.5% | |
| 2025 | +4.5% | |
| 2024 | +5.6% | |
| 2023 | +1.8% |
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DUSB Dividends
- 4.34%
- $2.19
- $0.19 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Pays Sep 24, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.17 |
| May 19, 2026 | May 21, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Apr 23, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Feb 20, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Jan 23, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | $0.31 |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Oct 23, 2025 | $0.18 |
DUSB Risk
- 0.3%
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.
- 1.31
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.
- −0.3%
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.
- 0.01
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DUSB Cost
- The middle half of Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds
- Median 0.19%
20 of the 77 Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds charge less.