Strive Total Return Bond ETF
$19.07+0.04 (+0.21%)
- 0.49%
- $113M
- −2.2%
- 4.69%
- 0M sh
- $19.07
- low $18.91high $20.67
The ETF.net STXT Grade
C
Score 44 out of 100
- 24 of 29
Score 44 of 100 falls in the C 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.C45 out of 100Rank 15 of 29Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.B61 out of 100Rank 25 of 27Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D33 out of 100Rank 22 of 29Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F24 out of 100Rank 27 of 29Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B55 out of 100Rank 17 of 29Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D34 out of 100Rank 25 of 29
Our read on STXT
CA go-anywhere active bond fund parked in an aisle full of three-basis-point index trackers. Strive's managers roam mortgages, structured credit, corporates and government debt in pursuit of maximum total return, and pay out monthly.
The Fund seeks maximum total return. It is actively managed and normally puts at least 80% of net assets plus investment borrowings into bonds across maturities, including mortgage-related, structured-credit, corporate, government, and bond-linked derivative exposures.
Why people hold it
- Actively managed, not index-bound: normally at least 80% of assets in bonds across maturities, with room for mortgage, structured-credit, corporate, government and bond-linked derivative exposure.
- Roughly 240 bonds rather than an index sleeve of thousands, so the managers' rate and credit calls actually show up in the portfolio.
- Distributions arrive monthly, the cadence most income-focused bond buyers plan around.
- The mandate reaches beyond US paper into international issues, giving the team a wider opportunity set than a domestic-only aggregate fund.
Worth knowing
- At 0.49% a year it sits above the category median and many times the 0.03% charged by index heavyweights BND, SPAB and SCHZ. Active management is the thing you are paying for.
- Thinly traded and small beside the aggregate-bond giants, which tends to mean wider spreads and choppier fills than the household names.
- No index to fall back on: results track the team's duration and credit decisions, and the derivatives allowance adds moving parts a plain bond index fund does not have.
STXT Holdings
- Bonds
- 209
- 26%
- Strategy Inc 8% 09/30/2175
Geography
- United States97.52%
- Ireland0.83%
- Switzerland0.53%
- Singapore0.26%
- Luxembourg0.26%
- United Kingdom0.26%
- Canada0.20%
- Barbados0.13%
STXT Performance
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STXT$9,781
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 | STXT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.3% |
| 1 month | −1.1% |
| 3 months | −1.2% |
| 1 year | −2.2% |
| 3 years | +4.2% |
| 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 | STXT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.3% | |
| 2025 | +6.6% | |
| 2024 | +1.8% | |
| 2023 | +4.1% |
STXT in the news
STXT Dividends
- 4.69%
- $0.89
- $0.07 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
STXT Risk
- 5.6%
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.
- −0.12
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.
- −5.3%
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.
- 0.23
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
STXT Cost
0.49%
STXT0.49%
- The middle half of Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds
- Median 0.45%
14 of the 28 Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds charge less.
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- CFISRState Street Fixed Income Sector Rotation ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return −2.4%
- CKDRNKingsbarn Tactical Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.57%1 year return −0.9%
- DFLXIInvesco Flexible Income ETFExpense ratio 0.39%1 year return —
- DSIOTouchstone Strategic Income ETFExpense ratio 0.82%1 year return +0.3%