Hartford Core Bond ETF
$33.77−0.27 (−0.80%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.29%
- Fund size
- $410M
- 1Y return
- −0.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.31%
- Holdings
- 821
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $34.03
- 52W range
The ETF.net HCRB 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 60Category 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 42Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 37Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 57Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 59Category rank
Our read on HCRB
BHartford's take on the boring middle of the bond market is actively run, not index-tracked: roughly 900 investment-grade bonds, monthly distributions, and a price tag closer to a passive fund than to a typical active manager.
The Fund seeks long-term total return through an actively managed portfolio of fixed-income securities selected for total-return potential, with at least 80% of net assets normally invested in fixed income and a primary focus on investment-grade securities.
Why people hold it
- Active management at a near-passive price. The 0.29% expense ratio undercuts the typical cost in its aggregate-bond cohort, so you get a human at the wheel without the usual active-manager toll.
- Tight mandate discipline. At least 80% of net assets normally sit in fixed income with a primary focus on investment grade, and the portfolio has tracked that stated job closely.
- Roughly 900 bonds and a monthly payout cadence, so income lands on a steady drumbeat instead of in quarterly lumps.
- Live since 2020 with a real asset base behind it, and it sits in the upper half of a very crowded core-bond field.
Worth knowing
- The index heavyweights in this category (BND, SCHZ, SPAB) charge a tiny sliver of what active costs. That fee gap is the hurdle the managers are paid to clear.
- It trades thinly next to the category's giants. Limit orders and avoiding the open and close are the standard tools for keeping spreads from nibbling at a position.
- This is core investment-grade exposure, so interest-rate moves are the main lever on the ride, not credit drama.
HCRB Holdings
- Bonds
- 821
- 21%
- FNMA TBA 30 YR 5 SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE
Geography
- United States95.21%
- Mexico1.18%
- Luxembourg0.53%
- United Kingdom0.53%
- France0.42%
- Israel0.33%
- Romania0.24%
- Spain0.24%
- 1.34%
HCRB 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 | HCRB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.4% |
| 1 month | −1.1% |
| 3 months | −1.7% |
| 1 year | −0.4% |
| 3 years | +4.6% |
| 5 years | −0.5% |
| 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 | HCRB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.4% | |
| 2025 | +7.0% | |
| 2024 | +2.2% | |
| 2023 | +7.0% | |
| 2022 | −14.6% | |
| 2021 | −1.8% | |
| 2020 | +6.8% |
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HCRB Dividends
- 4.31%
- $1.47
- $0.11 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | $0.12 |
| May 28, 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | May 1, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 3, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Feb 3, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Nov 3, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.13 |
HCRB Risk
- 5.7%
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.
- 0.002
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.
- −19.3%
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.
- 1.02
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
HCRB Cost
- The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
- Median 0.34%
46 of the 112 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.