JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF
$45.19−0.41 (−0.90%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.37%
- Fund size
- $15.0B
- 1Y return
- +0.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.01%
- Holdings
- 2801
- Volume · 30D
- 2M sh
- NAV per share
- $45.48
- 52W range
The ETF.net JCPB Grade
Score 68 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.CScore 42Category 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.BScore 65Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 62Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 76Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 81Category rank
Our read on JCPB
BA core bond portfolio with the leash loosened. JCPB uses the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate as its reference point, then lets J.P. Morgan's managers add non-investment-grade and other 'plus' sectors in pursuit of income. Roughly 2,700 bonds, paid monthly.
The ETF seeks a high level of current income from investment-grade and non-investment-grade securities. It mainly uses investment-grade bonds, while combining bottom-up selection, dynamic sector allocation, and macro analysis of the yield curve, duration, and portfolio risk.
Why people hold it
- Core plus, not core copy: managers can step outside the Agg into non-investment-grade bonds, blending bottom-up picks, sector shifts, and yield-curve calls.
- Spread across roughly 2,700 bonds, so no single issuer swings the portfolio, with income paid out monthly.
- At 0.37%, it sits right at the typical fee for its category (0.36% median) and undercuts active rival BOND at 0.56%.
- Live since 2019, now a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, with a portfolio that matches the core plus mandate on paper.
Worth knowing
- Plain Agg trackers like BND, SPAB, and SCHZ charge 0.03%. Active management here costs meaningfully more than the index route.
- J.P. Morgan runs a similar core plus playbook in JBND at 0.25%, so the same house offers a cheaper door.
- The 'plus' sleeve can hold non-investment-grade debt, adding credit risk a straight investment-grade Agg fund does not carry.
JCPB Holdings
- Bonds
- 2,801
- 17%
- JPMORGAN U.S. GOVERNMENT
Sectors
- Energy100.0%
Geography
- United States84.49%
- United Kingdom4.10%
- France1.74%
- Ireland1.28%
- Canada1.08%
- Netherlands0.96%
- Japan0.59%
- Mexico0.55%
- 5.22%
JCPB 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 | JCPB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.5% |
| 1 month | −0.8% |
| 3 months | −1.3% |
| 1 year | +0.7% |
| 3 years | +5.5% |
| 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 | JCPB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.5% | |
| 2025 | +8.0% | |
| 2024 | +2.9% | |
| 2023 | +7.1% | |
| 2022 | −12.9% | |
| 2021 | −0.5% | |
| 2020 | +9.2% |
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JCPB Dividends
- 5.01%
- $2.28
- $0.19 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 3, 2026 | $0.19 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 5, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 4, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 4, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 5, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 3, 2025 | $0.20 |
JCPB Risk
- 5.6%
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.
- 0.12
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.
- −16.6%
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.
- 1.00
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
JCPB Cost
- The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
- Median 0.34%
63 of the 112 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.