Columbia Short Duration Bond ETF
$18.39−0.07 (−0.35%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.26%
- Fund size
- $220M
- 1Y return
- +1.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.63%
- Holdings
- 707
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $18.46
- 52W range
The ETF.net SBND Grade
Score 48 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.CScore 47Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 60Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 31Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 70Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 42Category rank
Our read on SBND
CColumbia's short-duration bond ETF plays a different game than the core-bond giants it sits beside: it tracks the house-built Beta Advantage Short Term Bond Index, holding bonds that mature soon rather than the whole market.
The Fund seeks to closely track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Beta Advantage Short Term Bond Index.
Why people hold it
- Short-maturity bonds move less when rates swing than long-dated ones, so this is the low-drama corner of the bond aisle.
- 0.26% a year undercuts the median fee across its broad bond-fund peer group.
- Roughly 700 bonds under the hood and cash paid out monthly, not quarterly.
- Rules-based index tracking, not a manager's hunches: the mandate is to follow the Beta Advantage Short Term Bond Index before fees.
Worth knowing
- The core-bond heavyweights charge 0.03% (BND, SPAB, SCHZ). You're paying up for the short-duration tilt and Columbia's index build.
- Short duration cuts both ways: less price movement when rates fall, not just when they rise.
- Launched in 2021 with a modest asset base and moderate trading volume, so spreads can be wider than the mega-funds nearby.
SBND Holdings
- Bonds
- 707
- 19%
- COLUMBIA SHORT TERM CASH FUND
Geography
- United States63.58%
- Turkey2.92%
- Indonesia2.83%
- United Kingdom2.69%
- Colombia2.68%
- Mexico2.52%
- Brazil2.37%
- Canada1.70%
- 18.72%
Developed 28% · Emerging 72%
SBND 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 | SBND |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.6% |
| 1 month | −0.6% |
| 3 months | −0.3% |
| 1 year | +1.9% |
| 3 years | +5.9% |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | SBND |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.6% | |
| 2025 | +7.5% | |
| 2024 | +4.8% | |
| 2023 | +7.2% | |
| 2022 | −7.2% | |
| 2021 | −0.4% |
SBND in the news
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SBND Dividends
- 4.63%
- $0.86
- $0.07 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 3, 2026 | $0.07 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 5, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 4, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 4, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 5, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 3, 2025 | $0.07 |
SBND Risk
- 2.9%
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.
- 0.44
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.
- −10.5%
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.
- 0.48
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SBND Cost
- The middle half of Short-Term Core Bond funds
- Median 0.25%
6 of the 12 Short-Term Core Bond funds charge less.