BondBloxx Bloomberg Six Month Target Duration US Treasury ETF
$50.20−0.02 (−0.03%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Fund size
- $2.0B
- 1Y return
- +3.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.78%
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $50.19
- 52W range
The ETF.net XHLF Grade
Score 77 of 100 sits in the A 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.AScore 99Category 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 64Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 31Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 60Category rank
Our read on XHLF
AMost cash-parking funds pick a maturity bucket. XHLF picks a number: it blends Treasury bills to an average duration of about six months, resets to that target monthly, and charges three basis points to do it.
The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. Treasury securities.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.03% a year, against a typical short-Treasury peer near 0.14%. In cash-like funds, where returns come from bills everyone owns, fee is the main lever.
- Tracks an index built to hold an average duration of roughly six months, rebalanced monthly, so exposure stays anchored instead of drifting as bills mature.bondbloxxetf.com
- Sits in the gap between 0-3 month bill funds and one-year funds. Its sibling XONE targets a one-year duration at the same 0.03%, so the two can be mixed to dial in duration.
- US Treasury bills only, no credit bets hiding in the portfolio, run in a multi-billion-dollar fund that has stayed close to its index.
Worth knowing
- Six months of duration is not zero. Prices move a touch more when yields shift than in 0-3 month bill funds such as BIL or CLIP.
- Income rides whatever Treasury bills happen to pay, and distributions arrive on an irregular rhythm rather than a fixed amount or schedule.
- Volume is moderate next to the largest bill ETFs, so spreads can be a bit wider, which matters more on big tickets than small ones.
XHLF Holdings
- Bonds
- —
- 77%
- US T BILL ZCP 06/10/27
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
XHLF 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 | XHLF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.4% |
| 1 month | +0.2% |
| 3 months | +0.9% |
| 1 year | +3.5% |
| 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 | XHLF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.4% | |
| 2025 | +4.2% | |
| 2024 | +5.0% | |
| 2023 | +4.9% | |
| 2022 | +0.9% |
XHLF in the news
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XHLF Dividends
- 3.78%
- $1.90
- $0.16 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.15 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.16 |
XHLF 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.
- −0.60
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.
- 0.03
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XHLF Cost
- The middle half of Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds
- Median 0.19%
No Cash & Ultra-Short Income fund charges less.