Which returned more over the last year, BOND or PULS?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and PULS +4.0%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or PULS?

PULS is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BOND vs PULS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to PULS's +4.0%, and PULS charges 0.15% to BOND's 0.54%.

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Net assets: $8.3bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund, and $19.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

+4.0%

PULS total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.15%

PULS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

PULS costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.4 points.

BOND vs PULS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	PULS
Return
Measure	BOND	PULS
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+4.0%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	PULS
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	PULS
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	PULS
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.15%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and PULS as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.3bn	$19.8bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	PULS
Holdings in common	1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Apr 20, 2018 to Oct 23, 2026 · 444 weekly returns

BOND PULS

Return

Total return edge PULS +18.8% +32.2%

Annualized edge PULS +2.0% +3.3%

Price return edge PULS −14.1% −0.9%

Risk

Volatility edge PULS 5.7% 1.9%

Max drawdown edge PULS −19.5% −5.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge PULS −0.11 0.27

Sortino edge PULS −0.14 0.32

Calmar edge PULS 0.10 0.57

Reading

PULS returned more: +32.2% to +18.8%. PULS swung less: 1.9% to 5.7%. PULS fell less at its worst: −5.9% to −19.5%.

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Risk and return: BOND vs PULS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	PULS	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+18.8%	+32.2%	PULS	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.0%	+3.3%	PULS	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−14.1%	−0.9%	PULS	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	5.7%	1.9%	PULS	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	4.3%	1.6%	PULS	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−19.5%	−5.9%	PULS	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	−0.11	0.27	PULS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	−0.14	0.32	PULS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.10	0.57	PULS	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 444 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and PULS hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND PULS

BMO Mortgage Trust, due Feb 15, 2057 0.16% 0.20%

OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, due Sep 15, 2036 0.12% 0.22%

Salesforce, Inc., due Mar 15, 2028 0.08% 0.32%

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, due Feb 22, 2028 0.06% 0.12%

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., due Mar 10, 2029 0.06% 0.15%

RCKT Mortgage Trust, due Jan 25, 2056 0.05% 0.05%

Silver Rock CLO II Ltd., due Jan 20, 2035 0.04% 0.26%

RCKT Mortgage Trust, due Nov 25, 2055 0.04% 0.06%

Trinitas CLO VI Ltd., due Jan 25, 2034 0.03% 0.30%

Cross Mortgage Trust, due Nov 25, 2070 0.03% 0.14%

RCKT Mortgage Trust, due Jun 25, 2044 0.03% 0.03%

Bank5, due Jun 15, 2057 0.03% 0.25%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BOND

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 5.56%

PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 3.46%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2043 3.39%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.73%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Nov 15, 2045 2.57%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Sep 1, 2056 2.54%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.27%

Only in PULS

PGIM AAA CLO ETF 1.81%

Phillips 66 0% CP 22/06/2026, due Jun 22, 2026 0.83%

GLENCORE FUNDING LLC 0% CP 17/06/2026, due Jun 17, 2026 0.74%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0% CP 01/06/2026, due Jun 1, 2026 0.66%

INTESA SANPAOLO SPA NEW YORK BRANCH 4.27% CP 30/06/2026, due Jun 30, 2026 0.63%

ABNANV 4.718 01/22/27 144A, due Jan 22, 2027 0.57%

Healthpeak Properties Inc 0% CP 24/06/2026, due Jun 24, 2026 0.52%

BX 2022-LBA6 A, due Jan 18, 2039 0.51%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund PULS PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO PGIM

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +4.0%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs AGG not measured

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.15%

Holdings 1565 553

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and PULS as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.3bn $19.8bn

BOND and PULS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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BOND and PULS do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 29, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 BOND returned −1.4% and PULS +4.0% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 5.4 points.
Cost. BOND charges 0.54% of assets a year and PULS 0.15%, a gap of 0.39 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

BOND

BOND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. It sat 3.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

PULS

PULS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or PULS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and PULS +4.0%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or PULS?: PULS is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

PULS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PULS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PGIM website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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