Which returned more over the last year, EVTR or UBND?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EVTR returned −1.1% and UBND −1.0%.

Which is cheaper, EVTR or UBND?

EVTR is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EVTR vs UBND: Differences, Returns & Fees

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On Jun 30, 2026 EVTR's duration was 5.3 years and UBND's 5.6; EVTR charges 0.32% to UBND's 0.40%.

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Net assets on Jun 30, 2026: $5.6bn for Eaton Vance Total Return Bond ETF and $1.9bn for VictoryShares Core Plus Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.1%

EVTR total return, 1 year

−1.0%

UBND total return, 1 year

0.32%

EVTR expense ratio

0.40%

UBND expense ratio

Pair scorecard

EVTR costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; EVTR is 2.9 times larger.

EVTR vs UBND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EVTR	UBND
Return
Measure	EVTR	UBND
Total return, 1 year	−1.1%	−1.0%
Benchmark
Measure	EVTR	UBND
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	EVTR	UBND
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$5.6bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	EVTR	UBND
Holdings in common	4%

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

Risk and return

Apr 5, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 133 weekly returns

EVTR UBND

Return

Total return edge EVTR +11.9% +10.5%

Annualized edge EVTR +4.5% +4.0%

Price return edge EVTR −0.7% −2.1%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 4.5% 4.6%

Max drawdown edge UBND (slight) −4.7% −4.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge EVTR 0.04 −0.06

Sortino edge EVTR 0.06 −0.08

Calmar edge EVTR (slight) 0.96 0.89

Reading

EVTR returned more: +11.9% to +10.5%. EVTR and UBND swung about the same: 4.5% and 4.6%. UBND fell slightly less at its worst: −4.5% to −4.7%.

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Risk and return: EVTR vs UBND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EVTR	UBND	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+11.9%	+10.5%	EVTR	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+4.5%	+4.0%	EVTR	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−0.7%	−2.1%	EVTR	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	4.5%	4.6%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	3.3%	3.4%	EVTR (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−4.7%	−4.5%	UBND (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.04	−0.06	EVTR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.06	−0.08	EVTR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.96	0.89	EVTR (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 133 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EVTR and UBND hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EVTR UBND

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2035 2.28% 1.01%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2035 0.73% 0.90%

UMBS, 30 Year, due Oct 1, 2054 0.28% 0.22%

CRC Insurance Group LLC, due Jun 1, 2031 0.20% 0.24%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2036 0.19% 1.19%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Nov 15, 2045 0.08% 0.84%

CRSNT Trust, Series 2026-MOON, Class A, due Feb 15, 2043 0.26% 0.08%

HYT Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2024-RGCY, Class A, due Sep 15, 2041 0.19% 0.07%

Cloud Software Group, Inc., due Mar 31, 2029 0.21% 0.07%

BX Trust, Series 2025-GW, Class D, due Jul 15, 2042 0.12% 0.07%

DBC Mortgage Trust, Series 2025-DBC, Class A, due Nov 15, 2042 0.06% 0.10%

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., due Jan 15, 2036 0.50% 0.06%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EVTR

UMBS, Single Family, 30 Year, due Jul 25, 2056 10.80%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2031 5.98%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2032 4.56%

UMBS, Single Family, 30 Year, due Jul 25, 2056 3.61%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2044 3.55%

UMBS, Single Family, 30 Year, due Jul 25, 2056 3.24%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2030 2.69%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Sep 30, 2029 2.17%

Only in UBND

U S TREASURY BONDS, due Nov 15, 2039 2.23%

U S TREASURY BOND, due May 15, 2037 1.85%

U S TREASURY BONDS, due Feb 15, 2036 1.07%

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, due Nov 1, 2055 0.89%

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, due Sep 1, 2055 0.85%

U S TREASURY BOND, due Feb 15, 2046 0.81%

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, due Dec 1, 2045 0.77%

U S TREASURY BOND, due Nov 15, 2055 0.77%

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Side by side

EVTR Eaton Vance Total Return Bond ETF UBND VictoryShares Core Plus Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Morgan Stanley VictoryShares

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.1% −1.0%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.2% (IUSB) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs IUSB not measured

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.40%

Holdings 844 1529

Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $5.6bn $1.9bn

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

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EVTR and UBND are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Holdings in common. 4% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026).
What each follows (similar). Both follow No index, actively managed.
One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EVTR returned −1.1% and UBND −1.0% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.1 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

EVTR

EVTR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested, against −1.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year.

UBND

UBND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EVTR or UBND?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EVTR returned −1.1% and UBND −1.0%.
Which is cheaper, EVTR or UBND?: EVTR is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

EVTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EVTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Morgan Stanley website ↗

UBND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

UBND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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