Hartford Total Return Bond ETF
$32.51−0.34 (−1.02%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.29%
- Fund size
- $2.2B
- 1Y return
- −0.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.79%
- Holdings
- 1780
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $32.81
- 52W range
The ETF.net HTRB Grade
Score 69 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 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.DScore 36Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 81Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 64Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 63Category rank
Our read on HTRB
AA core bond portfolio that answers to an objective, not an index: roughly 1,500 bonds, monthly income, and a fee under the typical bond ETF. Hartford's 2017 answer to the passive giants.
The Fund seeks competitive total return, with income as a secondary objective.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.29% a year, below the typical fund in its aggregate-bond peer group, and low for a portfolio built by decisions rather than index rules.
- Roughly 1,500 bonds and monthly distributions: broad spread across issuers, with a payout rhythm rather than a lump at year end.
- Holdings line up closely with the prospectus mandate (total return first, income second), one of the tighter fits in its peer group.
- Multi-billion-dollar asset base and a live record since 2017, not a launch still hunting for its first shareholders.
Worth knowing
- Index rivals like BND, SPAB and SCHZ run at a few basis points. The extra fee here buys manager discretion instead of index replication.
- No declared index to track, so the mix of rate and credit exposure reflects the manager's judgment and can look different from aggregate trackers.
- Trading is moderate for the category rather than heavyweight, which matters most on large or hurried orders.
HTRB Holdings
- Bonds
- 1,780
- 20%
- US DOLLAR
Sectors
- Utilities50.2%
- Technology49.8%
Geography
- United States88.10%
- Germany2.02%
- Mexico1.67%
- United Kingdom1.55%
- Luxembourg0.90%
- France0.88%
- Romania0.55%
- Italy0.49%
- 3.84%
HTRB 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 | HTRB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.1% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | −1.5% |
| 1 year | −0.0% |
| 3 years | +4.9% |
| 5 years | −0.3% |
| 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 | HTRB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.1% | |
| 2025 | +7.4% | |
| 2024 | +2.3% | |
| 2023 | +7.2% | |
| 2022 | −14.4% | |
| 2021 | −0.8% | |
| 2020 | +8.9% |
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HTRB Dividends
- 4.79%
- $1.57
- $0.12 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | $0.13 |
| May 28, 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | May 1, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 3, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Feb 3, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 | $0.25 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Nov 3, 2025 | $0.13 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.13 |
HTRB Risk
- 5.9%
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.
- 0.05
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.
- −19.4%
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.
- 1.03
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
HTRB Cost
- The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
- Median 0.34%
46 of the 112 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.