Goldman Sachs Core Bond ETF
$48.64−0.45 (−0.91%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.26%
- Fund size
- $576M
- 1Y return
- +0.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.92%
- Holdings
- 740
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $49.01
- 52W range
The ETF.net GBND Grade
Score 63 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.BScore 66Category 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 40Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 46Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 35Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 54Category rank
Our read on GBND
BGoldman's active answer to the core bond aisle: one desk picking Treasuries, mortgage bonds and corporates, with the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate as the yardstick rather than the blueprint. Launched in 2025 at 0.26%.
The Fund seeks total return through capital appreciation and income. It invests primarily in investment-grade core fixed-income securities, including government, mortgage-backed, corporate, and asset-backed debt.
Why people hold it
- Actively run by Goldman's multi-sector fixed income team across government, mortgage-backed, corporate and asset-backed debt, all investment grade (BBB-/Baa3 or better).am.gs.com
- 0.26% undercuts the typical fund in its category and most active core bond rivals measured against the same index, including FBND, CPLS and DBND.
- Pays income monthly, and Goldman built it as a foundational bond holding rather than a tactical sleeve.am.gs.com
- What it owns lines up closely with what the prospectus describes: an investment-grade core, no high-yield detour.
Worth knowing
- Still several times the 0.03% charged by index trackers that own the whole Aggregate, such as AGG, BND and SPAB.
- A couple hundred positions is a focused slice of a benchmark that index funds cover with thousands of bonds.
- Opened in mid-2025 and trades thinly, so the track record is short and spreads can run wider than at the category giants.
GBND Holdings
- Bonds
- 740
- 36%
- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 3.88% 11/30/2029
Geography
- United States100.00%
GBND 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 | GBND |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.1% |
| 1 month | −0.8% |
| 3 months | −1.5% |
| 1 year | +0.1% |
| 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 | GBND |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.1% | |
| 2025 | +3.5% |
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GBND Dividends
- 3.92%
- $1.92
- $0.19 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | $0.17 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 6, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | $0.21 |
GBND Risk
- 3.2%
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.
- −0.35
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.
- −3.3%
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.
- 0.10
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GBND Cost
- The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
- Median 0.34%
39 of the 112 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.