SPDR® SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF
ULST NYSE Arca
The SPDR® SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF seeks to maximize current income consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity through short duration high quality investments by investing in slightly longer-term securities than traditional cash vehicles with a goal of generating a better tot...
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- Fund size
- 292M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.21% per year
- Dividend yield
- 4.15% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 0.6% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.02 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 39.0340.31
How ULST has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, ULST returned +7.1% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +3.9 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±1% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −0.2% on Mar 26, 2026 — 28 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.02 means ULST has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average40.26 +0.1%
- 26-day average40.22 +0.2%
- 50-day average40.16 +0.4%
- 200-day average39.79 +1.3%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OverboughtRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Corporate Investment Grade · Short Term — tracking the Bloomberg US Treasury Bellwether 3 Month Index.
- Assets under management292MUSD
- Expense ratio0.21%per year
- Holdings188
- Risk score2.7Low
Launched October 2013. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 41 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.67
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Oct 1, 2026
Last 12 months
1.67 USD / shareWhere ULST shows up
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About SPDR® SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF
The SPDR® SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF seeks to maximize current income consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity through short duration high quality investments by investing in slightly longer-term securities than traditional cash vehicles with a goal of generating a better total return
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 188 holdings
- Ticker
- ULST
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US78467V7073
- CUSIP
- 78467V707
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Corporate Investment Grade
- Industry
- Short Term
- Benchmark
- Bloomberg US Treasury Bellwether 3 Month Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.