Touchstone Ultra Short Income ETF
$25.29−0.01 (−0.06%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.43%
- Fund size
- $662M
- 1Y return
- +4.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.51%
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $25.28
- 52W range
The ETF.net TUSI Grade
Score 53 of 100 sits in the C 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.FScore 6Category 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.BScore 58Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 59Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 64Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 59Category rank
Our read on TUSI
CTouchstone's answer to parking cash: a diversified ultra-short bond portfolio benchmarked to 3-month T-bills, paying monthly. The trade-off is price. At 0.52% a year, it costs well above the ultra-short norm.
The Fund seeks maximum total return while preserving capital. It invests at least 80% of assets in fixed-income securities and uses a diversified portfolio spanning different maturities and instruments.
Why people hold it
- Does what the prospectus says: at least 80% in fixed income, spread across maturities and instrument types, with capital preservation written into the objective.
- Pays monthly, so income arrives on a cash-flow rhythm instead of quarterly.
- Clean yardstick: it measures itself against the ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index, so sizing up the manager's work takes one comparison.
Worth knowing
- Cost is the sticking point: 0.52% a year, next to 0.10% at VUSB and 0.15% at SHV and PULS. In ultra-short bonds, the fee is a large slice of the whole result.
- Preserving capital is the stated goal, not a promise. A diversified bond sleeve carries credit and rate risk that a pure Treasury bill fund does not.
- Sits in the lower half of its ultra-short bond peer group, and the gap is mostly about price rather than how the portfolio is run.
TUSI Holdings
- Bonds
- —
- 18%
- BNY DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH
TUSI 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 | TUSI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.7% |
| 1 month | +0.1% |
| 3 months | +1.0% |
| 1 year | +4.1% |
| 3 years | +5.4% |
| 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 | TUSI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.7% | |
| 2025 | +5.1% | |
| 2024 | +6.5% | |
| 2023 | +6.5% | |
| 2022 | +0.9% |
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TUSI Dividends
- 4.51%
- $1.14
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.09 |
| May 28, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Dec 12, 2025 | $0.01 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.11 |
TUSI Risk
- 0.5%
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.
- 2.20
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.
- −0.4%
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.
- 0.04
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
TUSI Cost
- The middle half of Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds
- Median 0.19%
71 of the 77 Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds charge less.