SPTB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Treasury ETF
SPTB tracks an index and returned −1.7% over the past year.
How far can rates rise in a year before the year's income is gone?
That is the share of the 20 government bond ETFs with an intermediate duration sitting at or below SPTB.
One year's income against today's duration; it ignores credit risk, and both figures move. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
SPTB paid 4.29% of its NAV in income over the year to Oct 8, 2026, with a duration of 5.52 years: rates could rise 0.78 percentage points in a year before that income was gone.
| Window | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1M Sep 9 – Oct 9, 2026 | −1.6% |
| 3M Jul 10 – Oct 9, 2026 | −2.2% |
| 6M Apr 10 – Oct 9, 2026 | −2.6% |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026 | −2.3% |
| 1Y Oct 9, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026 | −1.7% |
| Since launch May 21, 2024 – Oct 9, 2026 | +6.0% |
Total return at closing prices, distributions reinvested. Every column is a total return. Year to date runs from the last close of the year before. Not shown: 3 years, which the fund has not been listed long enough to fill (listed May 2024); its since-launch row covers all of its record. Source: ETFIQ.
In plain words
Questions people ask about SPTB
- How has SPTB performed?
- Over the year to Oct 9, 2026, SPTB returned −1.7% with distributions reinvested.
- What does SPTB cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.
- How far is SPTB below its high?
- 4.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 9, 2026.
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ETFIQ. (Oct 9, 2026). SPTB, bond fund. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/funds/sptb
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