State Street Investment ManagementUltrashort BondULST · NYSE Arca

State Street Ultra Short Term Bond ETF (ULST)

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Price: $40.31; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $506.3M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.20%; Category 0.38%
Yield: 4.10%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 3.3%-0.6%; Category 3.8%
3Y CAGR: 4.8%-0.3%; Category 5.0%
5Y CAGR: 3.8%-0.3%; Category 4.0%

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State Street Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	+0.5%	+0.8%	+1.6%	+2.5%	+3.3%	+4.8%	+3.8%	+2.7%	+2.2%
Ultrashort Bond average	0.4%	0.8%	1.8%	3.0%	3.8%	5.0%	4.0%	3.0%	3.3%
Difference	+0.1%	0.0%	-0.2%	-0.4%	-0.6%	-0.3%	-0.3%	-0.3%	-1.1%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government35.1%
AAA5.6%
AA37.3%
A30.4%
BBB17.5%
BB1.5%
Below B7.1%
Other0.7%

Asset mix

Bonds70.8%
Cash29.2%

ETF details

Issuer: State Street Investment Management
Category: Fixed Income · Ultrashort Bond
Ticker: ULST
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 9 Oct 2013 (13.1 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.20% (category 0.38%)
Holdings turnover: 52% (category 63%)
Distribution yield: 4.10%
Beta, 3 years: 0.10
Total net assets: $506.3M
Average duration: 4.39 years
Average maturity: 9.93 years

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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