RBIL ETF — F/m Ultrashort Treasury Inflation-Protected Security (TIPS) ETF

F/m Ultrashort Treasury Inflation-Protected Security (TIPS) ETF (RBIL)

Updated October 16, 2026.

RBIL is a low-cost ETF. its distribution rate is 5.91%, its trailing-12-month yield is 4.15%, its expense ratio is 0.17%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 81/100 (Safe). Total return is 6.4% over the past 1.6 years, 24.6 points behind SPY at 31.0%.

This ETF seeks to track the performance of ultrashort U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) with maturities between one month and just under thirteen months, investing at least eighty percent of its assets in such securities. It offers a modest current distribution rate with monthly distributions and carries a low expense ratio of 0.17%. The fund appeals to income-focused investors seeking inflation protection with minimal interest rate risk through short-duration Treasury exposure.

RBIL performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 6.4% over the past 1.6 years, 24.6 points behind SPY at 31.0%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 3.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 0.6%.

RBIL key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

81 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

4.79%

Issuer

F/m Investments

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

02/24/2025

Expense ratio

0.17%

Distribution rate

5.91%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

4.15%

Last close

$49.94 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$169,845,211

Average volume

8851.0

Dividend

$0.246

Ex-dividend date

09/16/2026

Payment date

09/17/2026

Beta

-0.0208

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (5.91%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (4.15%) 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: F/m Investments; 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.

RBIL risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 0.6%.

Who may consider RBIL — and who may not

RBIL may suit someone looking for low-cost broad dividend exposure, 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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