Schwab Core Bond ETF
$24.55−0.23 (−0.91%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.16%
- Fund size
- $1.8B
- 1Y return
- −0.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.64%
- Holdings
- 595
- Volume · 30D
- 0.4M sh
- NAV per share
- $24.77
- 52W range
The ETF.net SCCR Grade
Score 73 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.AScore 75Category 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 40Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 66Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 73Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 57Category rank
Our read on SCCR
AA 2025 arrival from Schwab: total return plus income across US dollar bonds, roughly 600 positions, 0.16% a year. That is well under half the typical core bond ETF fee, though the plain index giants still undercut it.
The fund seeks total return while generating income by investing in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities.
Why people hold it
- Runs 0.16% a year against a 0.36% median for the core bond crowd, so a smaller slice of the coupon goes to the manager.
- Pays monthly and spreads across about 600 US dollar debt securities, so no single issuer sets the tone.
- The portfolio matches the mandate on the label closely, and it stands in the top tier of a very crowded core bond field.
- Already a multi-billion-dollar fund with Schwab's bond desk behind it, which is rare shelf space for a fund this new.
Worth knowing
- Cheaper seats exist in the same aisle: BND, SPAB and Schwab's own SCHZ each charge 0.03%, a fraction of this fee.
- Launched in February 2025, so the track record is short and covers only one stretch of the rate cycle.
- This is rate-sensitive core bond exposure: when yields rise, bond prices fall, and the fund moves with them.
SCCR Holdings
- Bonds
- 595
- 17%
- TREASURY NOTE 4.25% 08/15/2029 (BBG02444V9P5)
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
Geography
- United States95.16%
- Singapore1.21%
- Netherlands1.19%
- Canada0.93%
- Japan0.76%
- United Kingdom0.76%
SCCR 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 | SCCR |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.3% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | −1.6% |
| 1 year | −0.0% |
| 3 years | — |
| 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 | SCCR |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.3% | |
| 2025 | +6.5% |
SCCR in the news
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SCCR Dividends
- 4.64%
- $1.15
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | $0.10 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 6, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | $0.09 |
SCCR Risk
- 3.1%
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.
- −0.27
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.
- −3.4%
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.
- 0.05
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SCCR Cost
- The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
- Median 0.34%
28 of the 112 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.