Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond ETF
$18.24−0.15 (−0.82%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.39%
- Fund size
- $233M
- 1Y return
- −0.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.97%
- Holdings
- 172
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $18.42
- 52W range
The ETF.net HTAB Grade
Score 47 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.DScore 36Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 64Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 37Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 45Category 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 57Category rank
Our read on HTAB
CMost funds in the aggregate-bond aisle chase yield before taxes. HTAB chases what survives them: its stated goal is after-tax total return from investment-grade bonds, and it is measured against a municipal bond benchmark rather than a taxable aggregate one.
The Fund seeks after-tax total return through a diversified portfolio of fixed-income debt instruments with varying maturities. It normally invests at least 80% of assets in U.S.-dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed-income debt.
Why people hold it
- The mandate is written around after-tax total return, so the tax bill is part of the job, not an afterthought.
- Benchmarked to the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, which sets it apart from the taxable aggregate trackers it shares a shelf with.
- Pays monthly, and spreads the work across roughly 300 positions with at least 80% in US-dollar investment-grade debt.
- Live since 2018, so there is a multi-year operating record behind the strategy.
Worth knowing
- 0.39% a year sits above the category median and well above the 0.03% charged by index giants like BND and SCHZ. The tax-aware management is what you are paying for.
- The after-tax focus only does work where taxes actually bite; inside a tax-sheltered account that edge largely disappears.
- Moderately traded rather than a household-name index fund, so execution costs deserve a look on bigger orders.
HTAB Holdings
- Bonds
- 172
- 31%
- TREASURY BILL 10/26 0.00000
Geography
- United States100.00%
HTAB 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 | HTAB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.6% |
| 1 month | −2.4% |
| 3 months | −3.2% |
| 1 year | −0.4% |
| 3 years | +3.3% |
| 5 years | +0.0% |
| 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 | HTAB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.6% | |
| 2025 | +2.9% | |
| 2024 | +1.5% | |
| 2023 | +7.2% | |
| 2022 | −8.3% | |
| 2021 | −0.1% | |
| 2020 | +5.4% |
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HTAB Dividends
- 3.97%
- $0.73
- $0.06 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | $0.06 |
| May 28, 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | May 1, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 3, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Feb 3, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Nov 3, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.07 |
HTAB Risk
- 7.3%
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.
- −0.13
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.
- −14.4%
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.
- 1.07
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
HTAB Cost
- The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
- Median 0.34%
65 of the 112 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.