AllianzIM U.S. Equity 6 Month Buffer10 Jun/Dec ETF
$31.53−0.11 (−0.34%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.74%
- Fund size
- $387M
- 1Y return
- +11.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- —
- Holdings
- 5
- Volume · 30D
- 0.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $31.66
- 52W range
The ETF.net SIXD Grade
Score 64 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.BScore 68Category 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 64Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 60Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 61Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 59Category rank
Our read on SIXD
BMost buffer ETFs lock you into a full year. SIXD runs six-month laps: the first 10% of a decline in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust is cushioned, a fresh cap is set each period, and the clock restarts every June and December.
The Fund seeks to match the share-price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust at the end of each six-month Outcome Period, subject to an upside Cap and a buffer against the first 10% of losses.
Why people hold it
- Six-month laps instead of twelve. The 10% buffer and a new cap reset at each period start (June 1 and December 1), so terms are repriced twice as often as an annual buffer fund.
- At 0.74%, it comes in under the typical shallow-buffer fund's 0.79%, and under Innovator's monthly B-series (BJUN, PJUN) charging 0.79%.
- In a crowded shallow-buffer field, this rates as one of the stronger implementations in its peer group, with terms defined in the fund's own filings rather than left to discretion.
- AllianzIM runs the same six-month recipe on staggered start months (SIXZ, SIXJ, SIXF), so the Jun/Dec version is one rung of a ladder rather than a one-off.
Worth knowing
- The cap is what pays for the cushion. Upside is limited every period, and the next period's cap isn't known until that period begins.
- Outcomes are measured point to point at the period's end. Buy mid-period and you inherit whatever buffer and cap remain, and declines past 10% land on you.
- Launched in 2024, so the track record is short, and distributions haven't been part of the picture here.
SIXD Holdings
- Stocks
- 5
- 101%
- 4SPY 261130C00005600
Sectors
SIXD 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 | SIXD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.5% |
| 1 month | +0.9% |
| 3 months | +2.9% |
| 1 year | +11.9% |
| 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 | SIXD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.5% | |
| 2025 | +8.8% | |
| 2024 | +6.2% |
SIXD in the news
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SIXD Dividends
No distributions in the last 12 months.
SIXD Risk
- 5.9%
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.
- 0.96
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.
- −10.9%
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.
- 0.47
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SIXD Cost
- The middle half of S&P 500 Buffer 9-12% funds
- Median 0.79%
16 of the 77 S&P 500 Buffer 9-12% funds charge less.