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Schwab Government Money Market ETF
$100.620.00 (0.00%)
- 0.28%
- $1.0B
- +3.5%
- 3.33%
- 0.3M sh
- $100.60
- low $100.37high $100.79
The ETF.net SGVT Grade
B
Score 65 out of 100
- 5 of 16
Score 65 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.D27 out of 100Rank 12 of 16Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 11Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A73 out of 100Rank 4 of 16Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A85 out of 100Rank 3 of 16Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B65 out of 100Rank 7 of 16Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C50 out of 100Rank 10 of 16
Our read on SGVT
BSchwab took the money market fund, that boring cash staple, and put it in an ETF wrapper: actively run short government paper (T-bills, agency debt, collateralized repo), traded through the day, income paid monthly.
The fund seeks current income while emphasizing capital preservation and liquidity. It pursues this objective by investing in U.S. government securities, including Treasury bills and notes and related agency obligations.
Why people hold it
- Fully transparent active management of short government paper: Treasury bills and notes, agency obligations and collateralized repo, aimed at income with capital preservation.schwabassetmanagement.com
- Cash management you can trade like a stock: bought and sold on an exchange during the session, with income distributed monthly.etf.com
- Schwab is no tourist in cash. Its government money market mutual funds are long-running staples; this is the firm's first exchange-traded version of that job.etftrends.com
- The portfolio does what the label says, sticking to the US government cash mandate, and it sits in the upper half of its Treasury and government bond peer group.
Worth knowing
- At 0.28%, the fee runs more than double the 0.12% median of its bond peer group, and plain ultra-short Treasury funds like VGUS charge 0.07%. On cash, fees are felt.
- It is not a traditional money market fund. There is no stable $1 share price and no guarantee: NAV floats with market value, and the market price can drift from it.etf.com
- The fund opened in June 2025, so the track record is short and has not spanned a full rate cycle yet.
SGVT Holdings
- Other
- 223
- 43%
- Tri-Party Jp Morgan Securities Llc 3.85% 10/13/2026
Geography
- United States100.00%
SGVT Performance
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SGVT$10,350
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | SGVT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.7% |
| 1 month | +0.3% |
| 3 months | +0.9% |
| 1 year | +3.5% |
| 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 | SGVT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.7% | |
| 2025 | +2.2% |
SGVT in the news
SGVT Dividends
- 3.33%
- $3.36
- $0.29 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
SGVT Risk
- 0.1%
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.
- −2.89
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.
- −0.03%
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.
- 0.01
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SGVT Cost
0.28%
SGVT0.28%
- The middle half of US Treasury & Government funds
- Median 0.15%
11 of the 16 US Treasury & Government funds charge less.
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- AVTGVanguard Total Treasury ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return −2.1%
- BFLGVFranklin U.S. Treasury Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return −2.3%
- BVGVTVanguard Government Securities Active ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return −1.7%
- BLDRTiShares iBonds 1-5 Year Treasury Ladder ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +0.8%
- BGOVIInvesco Equal Weight 0-30 Year Treasury ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return −6.0%