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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HTRB returned −2.0% and UBND −1.0%.

Which is cheaper, HTRB or UBND?

HTRB is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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HTRB vs UBND: Differences, Returns & Fees

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HTRB's duration was 6.3 years on Jul 31, 2026 and UBND's 5.6 on Jun 30, 2026; HTRB charges 0.29% to UBND's 0.40%.

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Net assets: $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Total Return Bond ETF, and $1.9bn on Jun 30, 2026 for VictoryShares Core Plus Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−2.0%

HTRB total return, 1 year

−1.0%

UBND total return, 1 year

0.29%

HTRB expense ratio

0.40%

UBND expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HTRB costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point.

HTRB vs UBND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HTRB	UBND
Return
Measure	HTRB	UBND
Total return, 1 year	−2.0%	−1.0%
Drawdown
Measure	HTRB	UBND
Below its high	3.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HTRB	UBND
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	HTRB	UBND
Expense ratio	0.29%	0.40%
Net assets, HTRB as of Jul 31, 2026 and UBND as of Jun 30, 2026	$2.2bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	HTRB	UBND
Holdings in common	4%

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

Risk and return

Oct 15, 2021 to Oct 23, 2026 · 262 weekly returns

HTRB UBND

Return

Total return edge UBND −0.9% +2.9%

Annualized edge UBND −0.2% +0.6%

Price return edge UBND −20.2% −16.4%

Risk

Volatility edge UBND (slight) 6.1% 5.7%

Max drawdown edge UBND −19.0% −16.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge UBND −0.64 −0.56

Sortino edge UBND −0.84 −0.72

Calmar edge UBND −0.01 0.04

Reading

UBND returned more: +2.9% to −0.9%. UBND swung slightly less: 5.7% to 6.1%. UBND fell less at its worst: −16.3% to −19.0%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: HTRB vs UBND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HTRB	UBND	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	−0.9%	+2.9%	UBND	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	−0.2%	+0.6%	UBND	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−20.2%	−16.4%	UBND	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	6.1%	5.7%	UBND (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	4.7%	4.4%	UBND (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−19.0%	−16.3%	UBND	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	−0.64	−0.56	UBND	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	−0.84	−0.72	UBND	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	−0.01	0.04	UBND	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 262 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HTRB and UBND hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HTRB UBND

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2035 0.91% 1.01%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2056 0.76% 0.76%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Aug 15, 2041 0.91% 0.37%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2036 0.33% 1.19%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Nov 15, 2045 0.14% 0.84%

Discovery Global Holdings Inc 2026 USD Term Loan B, due Jun 3, 2033 0.50% 0.10%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Nov 15, 2044 0.10% 0.12%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Aug 15, 2042 1.04% 0.10%

VB-S1 Issuer LLC - VBTEL, due May 15, 2054 0.08% 0.08%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2045 0.73% 0.08%

ALA Trust 2025-OANA, due Jun 15, 2040 0.06% 0.12%

EchoStar Corp, due Nov 30, 2030 0.06% 0.17%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HTRB

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 3.84%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Sep 1, 2056 3.62%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jun 30, 2030 3.01%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.72%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2035 2.56%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2034 2.48%

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, due Apr 15, 2031 2.18%

Freddie Mac Pool, due Jun 1, 2056 2.14%

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 NOTE, due May 15, 2033 1.43%

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

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Aug 15, 2035 0.90%

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%

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Side by side

HTRB Hartford Total Return Bond ETF UBND VictoryShares Core Plus Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Hartford VictoryShares

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −2.0% −1.0%

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

Gap to its benchmark −0.6 pts vs AGG not measured

Expense ratio 0.29% 0.40%

Holdings 1750 1529

Net assets, HTRB as of Jul 31, 2026 and UBND as of Jun 30, 2026 $2.2bn $1.9bn

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

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HTRB 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
Cost. HTRB charges 0.29% of assets a year and UBND 0.40%, a gap of 0.11 points.
What each follows (similar). Both follow No index, actively managed.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

HTRB

HTRB is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −2.0% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. It sat 3.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

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, HTRB or UBND?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HTRB returned −2.0% and UBND −1.0%.
Which is cheaper, HTRB or UBND?: HTRB is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HTRB on its own →UBND on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →HTRB dividend history →HTRB holdings →UBND dividend history →UBND holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

HTRB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HTRB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Hartford 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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