ABND ETF — American Century Core Plus Income ETF

American Century Core Plus Income ETF (ABND)

Updated October 16, 2026.

ABND is an ETF. its distribution rate is 5.10%, its trailing-12-month yield is 5.44%, its expense ratio is 0.32%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 90/100 (Safe). Total return is 8.9% over the past 5.3 years, 81.3 points behind SPY at 90.2%.

American Century Core Plus Income ETF, formerly the American Century Multisector Income ETF (MUSI), is an actively managed fixed income fund that seeks attractive income and total return by balancing interest rate and credit risk across investment-grade, high-yield, securitized and emerging markets debt, with below-investment-grade holdings limited to 35% of the portfolio. American Century changed the fund's ticker and name on 2026-09-14 and reduced its management fee to 0.29%. The fund makes monthly distributions. It may appeal to income-focused investors seeking diversified core-plus bond exposure.

ABND performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 8.9% over the past 5.3 years, 81.3 points behind SPY at 90.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -0.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 4.2%.

ABND key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

90 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

4.59%

Issuer

American Century

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

06/29/2021

Expense ratio

0.32%

Management fee

0.29%

Distribution rate

5.10%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

5.44%

Last close

$41.91 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$287,387,908

Average volume

1944.0

Dividend

$0.178

Ex-dividend date

10/06/2026

Payment date

10/08/2026

Beta

0.85

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (5.10%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (5.44%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: American Century; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ABND risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 4.2%.

Who may consider ABND — and who may not

ABND may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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