FlexShares Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund
ALTAR
Score™
5.1% info Median Credit
S&P/Moody's
BBB+/Baa1
 
Yield to
Maturity
5.5% Current
Yield
4.0%
Macaulay
Duration
4.7 yrs Modified
Duration
4.5%


  • Description
  • Performance
  • Fundamentals
  • Rate Sensitivity
  • Rating
The FlexShares Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund tracks a proprietary intermediate maturity investment-grade corporate bond index, aiming for improved credit quality and underlying liquidity.

FUND BASICS
Category Corporate
Fund Sponsor Northern Trust
Website www.flexshares.com
Inception date Nov 12, 2014
Assets (mns) $338
Currency USD
Expense ratio 22 bp
Distributions Monthly

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation Open-Ended Fund
Custodian
Weighting Proprietary
Index replication

ISSUER TYPE BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents 1100
No of distinct issuers 506
Inflation protected 0%
Variable/Fixed coupon 22% /78%
Non-standard maturity (callable, etc.) 87%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
MORGAN STANLEY 2.8% 5/19/22 2.0 %
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, 5.8% 1/24/22 1.3 %
MORGAN STANLEY 3.8% 1/24/29 1.1 %
TRANSCANADA PIPELINES 2.5% 8/01/22 0.9 %
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL 3.2% 2/05/25 0.8 %
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 3.2% 6/15/26 0.8 %
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 3.1% 1/23/25 0.8 %
COMCAST CORPORATION 4.0% 1/15/25 0.8 %
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, 4.2% 5/01/29 0.7 %
BANK OF AMERICA CORPO 3.9% 8/01/25 0.7 %
   
TOTAL 9.9 %

TOP ISSUERS
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY3.0%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.2.9%
CITIGROUP INC.2.8%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION2.5%
APPLE INC.1.6%

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
UNITED STATES 82.3 %
CANADA 3.6 %
JAPAN 2.9 %
UNITED KINGDOM 2.4 %
BRITAIN 1.0 %

 





HISTORICAL RETURNS info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru March 31)
Year-to-date 1 year 5 years 10 years Since Incep.
0.4% 5.9% 2.3% -- 2.4%

Market Correlations
versus... Beta R-squared
Barclays Agg. Bond 0.83 95%
S&P500 0.25 51%
MSCI EAFE 0.29 66%
MSCI Emg. Mkts. 0.25 53%

Technical Indicators
Recent close $46.82
30d moving avg. $46.69
Annualized volatility 6.1%
Short interest (ETF) 0.1%
Relative strength (RSI) 70
Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.) 51
Avg. daily value traded (mns) $2
Turnover 0.7%
Bid/Ask (% of price) 0.05

Distributions


Yield Comparison

*Fund Category: CORPORATE

CREDIT QUALITY: MOODY'S

DISTRIBUTION YIELD (TRAILING 12 MONTHS)
Macaulay Duration info
 
SKOR 4.7 yrs Category
Avg.*
4.6 yrs
 

Modified Duration info
 
SKOR 4.5% Category
Avg.*
4.5%

RATE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS info
Change
in YTM
New
YTM
Est. Price
Change
Est. New
Price
+300 bp 8.49% -15.8% $39.41
+200 bp 7.49% -10.1% $42.11
+150 bp 6.99% -7.4% $43.37
+100 bp 6.49% -4.8% $44.58
+75 bp 6.24% -3.5% $45.16
+50 bp 5.99% -2.3% $45.73
+25 bp 5.74% -1.1% $46.28
0 bp 5.49% 0% $46.82
-25 bp 5.24% 1.1% $47.34
-50 bp 4.99% 2.2% $47.85
-75 bp 4.74% 3.3% $48.34
-100 bp 4.49% 4.3% $48.82
-150 bp 3.99% 6.2% $49.74
-200 bp 3.49% 8.1% $50.60
-300 bp 2.49% 11.4% $52.14

*Fund Category: CORPORATE

ALTAR Score™


Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Adj. Yield to Maturity info 549 bp
Less: Annual "default factor" info 20 bp
Less: Expense ratio 22 bp
Equals: ALTAR Score 5.07 %
 

Average ALTAR Score™ by Category
Aggregate 3.5%
Corporate 4.5%
Emerging Market 6.2%
Government 4.8%
Inflation Protected 3.0%
Mortgage 5.2%
Municipals 3.4%
 
*Note: The FlexShares Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund is classified as a Corporate fund.

 

Our estimate of the impact of potential defaults on investor returns, based on historical default and recovery rates for bonds of similar credit rating and maturities.
See RATING tab for calculations of ALTAR Score™
Estimate of fund sensitivity to interest rate changes based on modified duration and convexity adjustment applied to underlying bonds. Note: Less meaningful for inflation-indexed bonds.
Adds expected inflation to real YTM for inflation-linked bonds so that all instruments are compared on a nominal basis
Weighted-average term to maturity of the cash flows from a bond. All else being equal, bonds of longer duration are more sensitive to changes in interest rates than bonds of shorter duration.
Approximation of the change in bond prices given a 100 basis point shift in interest rates. A better estimate, particularly for larger moves in interest rates, is provided by the Rate Sensitivity Analysis below.