John Hancock Corporate Bond ETF
$20.37−0.24 (−1.16%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.29%
- Fund size
- $98M
- 1Y return
- −0.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.26%
- Holdings
- 189
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $20.54
- 52W range
The ETF.net JHCB Grade
Score 57 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 53Category 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 43Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 24Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 54Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 34Category rank
Our read on JHCB
BMost investment-grade corporate bond ETFs just track the index for pennies. JHCB pays a team to pick roughly 180 bonds instead, distributes monthly, and charges 0.53% for the judgment calls.
The fund's stated strategy is to invest primarily in investment-grade bonds, with at least 80% of net assets plus investment borrowings invested in them under normal market conditions.
Why people hold it
- Actively managed against the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index rather than cloning it, so the team chooses which issuers and sectors it wants to own.
- A focused book of roughly 180 bonds, not a sprawling index basket, so individual credit calls actually show up in the portfolio.
- The mandate is plain and the portfolio sticks to it: at least 80% of assets in investment-grade bonds under normal conditions, with cash paid out monthly.
Worth knowing
- The 0.53% fee is the main headwind. Index rivals like VCIT and SPBO run near 0.03%, a cost gap the active decisions have to overcome.
- It trades thinly for its category and stays a small fund, so spreads can run wider than the giants and limit orders earn their keep.
- Launched in 2021, so the record is short by corporate-credit standards and has not spanned many full credit cycles.
JHCB Holdings
- Bonds
- 189
- 16%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP
Geography
- United States86.47%
- France4.14%
- Canada2.03%
- Ireland1.35%
- United Kingdom1.24%
- Norway1.13%
- Mexico0.76%
- Switzerland0.64%
- 2.24%
JHCB 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 | JHCB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.1% |
| 1 month | −0.4% |
| 3 months | −1.6% |
| 1 year | −0.6% |
| 3 years | +5.7% |
| 5 years | −0.2% |
| 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 | JHCB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.1% | |
| 2025 | +8.0% | |
| 2024 | +2.8% | |
| 2023 | +8.9% | |
| 2022 | −15.9% | |
| 2021 | +3.9% |
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JHCB Dividends
- 5.26%
- $1.08
- $0.10 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.09 |
| May 27, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.08 |
JHCB Risk
- 6.5%
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.
- −22.5%
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.
- 1.13
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
JHCB Cost
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate funds
- Median 0.30%
22 of the 49 Investment Grade Corporate funds charge less.