US Treasury 6 Month Bill ETF
$50.09+0.00 (+0.01%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.15%
- Fund size
- $755M
- 1Y return
- +3.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.65%
- Holdings
- 6
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $50.08
- 52W range
The ETF.net XBIL Grade
Score 69 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.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 44Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 69Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 39Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 62Category rank
Our read on XBIL
BMost cash-parking ETFs hold a basket of bills. XBIL holds one: the newest 6-month Treasury, rolled every month. Pinpoint exposure to a single spot on the yield curve, in a wrapper that pays monthly.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the ICE BofA US 6-Month Treasury Bill Index. It is a passively managed ETF.
Why people hold it
- Single-bond design. It holds the most recently auctioned ("on the run") 6-month bill and rolls automatically each month, so exposure stays pinned to that point on the curve.businesswire.com
- Interest lands monthly instead of as a single lump at the bill's maturity, and shares trade in fractions of traditional bond sizing.businesswire.com
- Sits further out the curve than 0-3 month bill funds like BIL and CLIP, capturing the 6-month rate rather than resetting every few weeks.
- Part of a full single-security Treasury lineup from F/m, so the same mechanism exists at 3-month, 12-month and longer tenors if you want a different rung.fminvest.comustreasuryetf.com
Worth knowing
- At 0.15% a year it runs a hair above the typical fund in its group, and rivals like XONE (0.03%) and VBIL (0.06%) charge considerably less for short Treasury exposure.
- Six months of maturity carries a bit more price sensitivity to rate moves than the 0-3 month bill funds it shares a shelf with.
- A mid-sized, moderately traded fund rather than one of the category's behemoths, which can show up as wider bid-ask spreads.
XBIL Holdings
- Bonds
- 6
- 100%
- United States Treasury Bill 02/25/2027
XBIL 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 | XBIL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.5% |
| 1 month | +0.2% |
| 3 months | +0.9% |
| 1 year | +3.6% |
| 3 years | +4.5% |
| 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 | XBIL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.5% | |
| 2025 | +4.2% | |
| 2024 | +5.2% | |
| 2023 | +4.3% |
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XBIL Dividends
- 3.65%
- $1.83
- $0.16 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.15 |
| May 28, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Apr 29, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 4, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 | $0.16 |
XBIL Risk
- 0.3%
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.
- −0.67
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.
- −0.1%
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.
- 0.02
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XBIL Cost
- The middle half of Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds
- Median 0.19%
20 of the 77 Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds charge less.