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FLRN vs JPST: Differences, Returns & Fees

FLRN's duration was 0.0 years on Jun 30, 2026 and JPST's 0.8 on May 31, 2026; FLRN charges 0.15% to JPST's 0.18%. Net assets on Oct 20, 2026: $3.2bn for State Street SPDR Bloomberg Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF and $42.8bn for JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF.

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FLRN costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points; JPST is 13.6 times larger.

FLRN vs JPST: Differences, Returns & Fees
FLRNJPST
Expense ratio0.15%0.18%
Net assets$3.2bn$42.8bn
Total return, 1 year+4.3%+3.4%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQNo index, actively managed
Holdings in commonreport dates differ

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

+4.3%
FLRN total return, 1 year
+3.4%
JPST total return, 1 year
0.15%
FLRN expense ratio
0.18%
JPST expense ratio

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Client brief · page 1 of 2Report BR-D2364FB254

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

  1. What each follows. FLRN follows not read by ETFIQ and JPST follows No index, actively managed.
  2. Size. FLRN has $3.2bn in net assets and JPST $42.8bn (Net assets); JPST is 13.4 times larger.
  3. One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 FLRN returned +4.3% and JPST +3.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.9 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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On the same fields

FLRN
State Street SPDR Bloomberg Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF
JPST
JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer State Street JPMorgan
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +4.3% +3.4%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.9% (AGG)
Gap to its benchmark not measured +5.4 pts vs AGG
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.18%
Holdings 549 824
Net assets $3.2bn $42.8bn

FLRN and JPST on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FLRN

FLRN tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +4.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

About JPST

JPST is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +3.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.9% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FLRN or JPST?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLRN returned +4.3% and JPST +3.4%.
Which is cheaper, FLRN or JPST?
FLRN is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
FLRN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FLRN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗JPST filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JPST prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan website ↗

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