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State Street SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond ETF

SPBONYSE ArcaSPDRA

$27.85−0.13 (−0.46%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

Intraday session: down, 79 prints from 27.98 to 27.85. Range 27.84 to 27.96. Use the arrow keys to read each point.27.8827.9027.9327.9510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.03%
Fund size
$2.14B
1Y total return
−0.4%
Yield · Last 12 months
5.75%
Holdings
4468
Avg volume · 30D
591K sh
52W range
low $27.25high $29.74
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net SPBO Grade

A

Score 89 out of 100

Rank
2 of 49
Six-pillar profile for SPBO. Scores out of 100: Cost 98, Risk 53, Mission 100, Tradability 96, Holdings 83, Durability 90. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Risk (53). No single pillar leads.

Score 89 of 100 falls in the A 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.
    A98 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 49
  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A100 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 45
  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C53 out of 100
    Rank 17 of 49
  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A96 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 49
  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A83 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 49
  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A90 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 49

Our read on SPBO

ETF.net Research

In short

AThe whole investment-grade corporate bond market in one ticker for three basis points. Most rivals sell you a maturity slice; SPBO owns the lot, and it undercuts other funds tracking the very same Bloomberg index.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks investment results that generally correspond, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index.

Why people hold it

  • 0.03% a year against a category median of 0.19%. In bond land, where the yield does the heavy lifting, that fee gap is not a rounding error.
  • Thousands of corporate bonds across the full maturity range, so you hold the broad IG corporate market instead of one duration bucket.ssga.com
  • Same index, very different tolls: KORP charges 0.29%, JLQD 0.35%, JHCB 0.53%. SPBO sits at the cheap end of that list.
  • Running since 2011, pays monthly, and tracks its benchmark about as closely as anything in the investment-grade corporate group.

Worth knowing

  • Full maturity range means long-dated paper is in the mix, so the price moves more when rates move than short-maturity peers like IGSB or SPIB.
  • Corporate credit only. No Treasuries or mortgages to lean on, so the fund rides the health of corporate borrowers as well as the rate cycle.ssga.com
  • Investment grade by design, US issuers only. No high-yield or emerging-market bonds in the basket.

SPBO Performance

Launched Apr 6, 2011

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

SPBO$9,956
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,146
Oct 31, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026. SPBO $9,956. SPY $11,146. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Oct 2025May 2026Nov 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Nov 2, 2026

Returns run to the Nov 2, 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.

Trailing total return for SPBO. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodSPBO
Year to date−0.9%
1 month+2.1%
3 months−0.3%
1 year−0.4%
3 yearsper year+5.9%
5 yearsper year0.0%
10 yearsper year+2.4%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for SPBO
YearReturn barSPBO
2026 YTD−0.9%
2025+7.8%
2024+2.6%
2023+8.8%
2022−15.7%
2021−1.3%
2020+10.3%

SPBO in the news

SPBO Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Nov 2, 2026.
5.75%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.60Last 12 months
Upcoming payment
$0.13 per share
Pays on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution history

2023–2026

One bar per payment. 46 payments from 2023 to 2026 YTD. Feb 1, 2023 $0.11; Mar 1, 2023 $0.11; Apr 3, 2023 $0.11; May 1, 2023 $0.11; Jun 1, 2023 $0.11; Jul 3, 2023 $0.11; Aug 1, 2023 $0.12; Sep 1, 2023 $0.12; Oct 2, 2023 $0.12; Nov 1, 2023 $0.12; Dec 1, 2023 $0.12; Dec 18, 2023 $0.12; Feb 1, 2024 $0.13; Mar 1, 2024 $0.12; Apr 1, 2024 $0.13; May 1, 2024 $0.13; Jun 3, 2024 $0.13; Jul 1, 2024 $0.13; Aug 1, 2024 $0.13; Sep 3, 2024 $0.13; Oct 1, 2024 $0.13; Nov 1, 2024 $0.13; Dec 2, 2024 $0.13; Dec 19, 2024 $0.13; Feb 3, 2025 $0.13; Mar 3, 2025 $0.12; Apr 1, 2025 $0.12; May 1, 2025 $0.13; Jun 2, 2025 $0.13; Jul 1, 2025 $0.12; Aug 1, 2025 $0.12; Sep 2, 2025 $0.12; Oct 1, 2025 $0.12; Nov 3, 2025 $0.12; Dec 1, 2025 $0.12; Dec 18, 2025 $0.12; Feb 2, 2026 $0.12; Mar 2, 2026 $0.12; Apr 1, 2026 $0.12; May 1, 2026 $0.12; Jun 1, 2026 $0.12; Jul 1, 2026 $0.12; Aug 3, 2026 $0.12; Sep 1, 2026 $0.12; Oct 1, 2026 $0.12; Nov 2, 2026 $0.13. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Nov 2, 2026Pays Nov 5, 2026$0.13
Oct 1, 2026Oct 6, 2026$0.12
Sep 1, 2026Sep 4, 2026$0.12
Aug 3, 2026Aug 6, 2026$0.12
Jul 1, 2026Jul 7, 2026$0.12
Jun 1, 2026Jun 4, 2026$0.12
May 1, 2026May 6, 2026$0.12
Apr 1, 2026Apr 6, 2026$0.12
Mar 2, 2026Mar 5, 2026$0.12
Feb 2, 2026Feb 5, 2026$0.12
Dec 18, 2025Dec 23, 2025$0.12
Dec 1, 2025Dec 4, 2025$0.12

See all 187 payments⁠

$10,000 in SPBO 10 years ago paid $3,703 in dividends.⁠

SPBO Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
6.4%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.34
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−21.7%
Trough Oct 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.11
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

SPBO Cost

Tied cheapest in Investment Grade Corporate

$638

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • SPBO 0.03%

    $638

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • SPBO 0.03%
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$200$400$600$800051015202530SPBO $638

Year by year

YearSPBO
10$55
20$216
30$638

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