{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a corporate bond ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 70 corporate bond ETFs, with a median fee of 0.18%, and the median bond fund has a duration of 4.3 years.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf#article","headline":"What is a corporate bond ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 70 corporate bond ETFs, with a median fee of 0.18%, and the median bond fund has a duration of 4.3 years.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"What is a corporate bond ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is investment grade?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A credit rating at or above a set level. Bonds below it are high yield."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How is credit risk measured?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"ETFIQ counts the share of each fund\u2019s credit risk that comes from below investment grade."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Where do I see a fund\u2019s bonds?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"On its holdings page, from the latest filing."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is a corporate bond ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a corporate bond ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 70 corporate bond ETFs, with a median fee of 0.18%, and the median bond fund has a duration of 4.3 years.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1933,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a corporate bond ETF? \n \n What is a corporate bond ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 70 corporate bond ETFs, with a median fee of 0.18%, and the median bond fund has a duration of 4.3 years.\n \n In plain words\n A corporate bond ETF owns bonds issued by companies. Investment-grade funds own firms with strong ratings; high-yield funds own weaker firms and pay more for the extra default risk.\n ETFIQ counts 70 funds, at a median fee of 0.18%. Credit spread, the extra yield over Treasuries, is the main driver; duration matters too, with a median of 4.3 years across bond funds. ETFIQ reads each fund\u2019s own bond list for credit mix and duration, so a fund called corporate is judged by what it owns.\n Questions\n What is investment grade? A credit rating at or above a set level. Bonds below it are high yield.\n How is credit risk measured? ETFIQ counts the share of each fund\u2019s credit risk that comes from below investment grade.\n Where do I see a fund\u2019s bonds? On its holdings page, from the latest filing.\n Where to next\n Bonds Screener: filter every ETF Compare two ETFs What is a high-yield bond ETF? What is a Treasury ETF? What is bond ETF duration? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a corporate bond ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, What is a corporate bond ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a corporate bond ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf Markdown [What is a corporate bond ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, What is a corporate bond ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-corporate-bond-etf"}