Overview
PIMCO's flagship active core bond fund in ETF form — the strategy built by Bill Gross's Total Return franchise, now run against the full US bond market.
Top Holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| MBS | Agency Mortgage-Backed | ~38% |
| UST | US Treasuries | ~30% |
| IG | IG Corporate bonds | ~16% |
| HY | High Yield sleeve | ~5% |
| EM | EM & non-US debt | ~5% |
| ABS | Securitised credit | ~4% |
| CASH | Cash & derivatives | ~2% |
Fund Details
Investment Thesis
BOND is the case that bond markets reward active desks: PIMCO tilts across mortgages, credit and curve positioning in ways an index legally can't, and the fund's 5.3% distribution reflects a book built for income in this rate regime. The flat trailing year mirrors the whole core-bond universe in a selloff — the bet is that PIMCO's positioning wins the recovery. Fee is the toll: 0.54% against 0.03% passives.
Who It's For
Investors who want their entire bond allocation professionally steered rather than index-weighted toward the biggest borrowers. The classic active-versus-Agg decision in one ticker.
10-Year History
| Year | Close | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $89.22 | -- |
| 2017 | $91.00 | +2.0% |
| 2018 | $89.64 | -1.5% |
| 2019 | $96.81 | +8.0% |
| 2020 | $103.59 | +7.0% |
| 2021 | $101.51 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | $86.29 | -15.0% |
| 2023 | $88.88 | +3.0% |
| 2024 | $89.32 | +0.5% |
| 2025 | $92.00 | +3.0% |
| Year | Yield |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 3.20% |
| 2017 | 3.10% |
| 2018 | 3.50% |
| 2019 | 3.30% |
| 2020 | 2.70% |
| 2021 | 2.50% |
| 2022 | 3.80% |
| 2023 | 4.80% |
| 2024 | 5.20% |
| 2025 | 5.30% |
| Year | AUM | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $2B | -- |
| 2017 | $2.2B | +10.0% |
| 2018 | $2B | -9.1% |
| 2019 | $3B | +50.0% |
| 2020 | $4B | +33.3% |
| 2021 | $4.5B | +12.5% |
| 2022 | $3.5B | -22.2% |
| 2023 | $4.5B | +28.6% |
| 2024 | $7B | +55.6% |
| 2025 | $8.5B | +21.4% |
Price history from exchange data. Dividend yields from reported distributions; some earlier years are derived from total-return vs price-return data or are ETFHub estimates. AUM history is an ETFHub estimate modelled from current assets and annual returns (fund flows not reflected) and may differ from official fund records. Data as of October 2026.
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