BFCGX

Active

American Funds Corporate Bond Fund

Category: US Bond (5,386 funds)

Expense Ratio

1.48%

Annual Cost per $10K

$148.00

30-Year Fee Drag per $10K

$25,999

at 7% annual return

Fund Type

Mutual Fund

Active

Trailing 12-Month

+3.19%

Asset Allocation

US Bond

83%

Intl Bond

10%

Cash

Fee Comparison

BFCGX

1.48%

US Bond average

0.76%

US Bond cheapest

ABIMX

0.00%

Index benchmark

0.03%

95% more expensive than category average

Historical Returns

Monthly total returns (dividends reinvested) from SEC N-PORT filings · As of August 2025 · Updated quarterly

+12.87%3Y

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Investment

Years

Annual Return

BFCGX at 1.48%$250,619

At index rates (0.03%)$377,424

Zero fees (theoretical)$380,613

Total fee drag$129,994

Cost vs index fund−$126,806

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Ranked by allocation similarity weighted by fund size · Returns (dividends reinvested) from SEC N-PORT filings · As of August 2025

Ticker	Name	ER	1yr	3yr	5yr
BFCGX	American Funds Corporate Bond Fund	1.48%	+3.19%	+4.12%	-0.57%
ABNDX	Bond Fund of America	1.04%	+3.22%	+2.75%	-0.49%
VBTSX	VANGUARD TOTAL BOND MARKET INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
JCBPX	JPMorgan Core Bond Fund	1.33%	+3.25%	+3.03%	-0.39%
JCPPX	JPMorgan Core Plus Bond Fund	1.14%	+3.47%	+3.44%	-0.03%
PIINX	PIMCO Income Fund	1.08%	+7.58%	+6.94%	+3.88%
CCBFX	Capital Group Central Corporate Bond Fund	—	+3.73%	+4.53%	—
VBSSX	VANGUARD SHORT-TERM BOND INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
FBKWX	Fidelity Total Bond Fund	0.75%	+3.99%	+4.27%	+0.57%
VIBSX	VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM BOND INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
BAGSX	Baird Aggregate Bond Fund	0.55%	+3.20%	+3.39%	-0.59%
BFCAX	American Funds Corporate Bond Fund	1.48%	+2.89%	+3.82%	-0.85%
DOXIX	Dodge & Cox Income Fund	0.33%	+3.58%	+4.67%	—
IIBAX	VOYA INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND	1.43%	+3.47%	+3.70%	-0.23%
PTRAX	PIMCO Total Return Fund	0.76%	+4.31%	+3.82%	-0.30%
QCBMFX	College Retirement Equities Fund - Core Bond Account	—	+3.63%	+4.36%	—
FFRAX	Fidelity Advisor Floating Rate High Income Fund	0.73%	-9.97%	-18.31%	-21.22%
GIBRX	Guggenheim Total Return Bond Fund	0.49%	+4.83%	+4.35%	+0.43%
PCRRX	PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy Fund	1.25%	+14.56%	-0.85%	+10.90%
AIBAX	Intermediate Bond Fund of America	0.65%	+4.50%	+3.52%	+0.82%
BCOSX	Baird Core Plus Bond Fund	0.55%	+3.48%	+3.91%	-0.09%
FBNDX	Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund	0.75%	+3.44%	+3.44%	-0.20%
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	0.14%	+3.36%	+4.42%	-0.63%
BKLN	Invesco Senior Loan ETF	0.65%	+7.19%	+8.20%	+5.50%
HIGFX	American High Income Trust	0.32%	+8.36%	+9.55%	+6.83%
TRKZX	T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund, Inc.	0.60%	+8.32%	+9.55%	+5.47%
FBND	Fidelity Total Bond ETF	0.36%	+3.85%	+4.04%	+0.36%
BBCPX	Bridge Builder Core Plus Bond Fund	0.16%	+4.26%	+4.16%	+0.56%
CMBKX	American Funds Multi-Sector Income Fund	0.70%	+6.36%	+7.49%	+3.22%
TRVZX	T. Rowe Price New Income Fund, Inc.	0.32%	+3.45%	+2.95%	-0.33%
FSMTX	Fidelity SAI Total Bond Fund	0.29%	+4.17%	+4.37%	+0.79%
JDYRX	PGIM High Yield Fund	0.74%	+8.73%	+8.45%	+4.68%
TSRSX	Thornburg Strategic Income Fund	0.53%	+5.42%	+5.98%	+3.53%
SRLN	SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF	0.70%	+7.75%	+7.37%	+5.40%
VFICX	VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM INVESTMENT-GRADE FUND	0.20%	+5.72%	+5.65%	+0.73%
BIMSX	Baird Intermediate Bond Fund	0.55%	+4.57%	+4.16%	+0.64%
DDLDX	DoubleLine Low Duration Bond Fund	0.70%	+5.18%	+5.42%	+3.07%
UINCX	Victory Income Fund	0.84%	+3.48%	+4.12%	+0.43%
GAKPX	Goldman Sachs Core Fixed Income Fund	1.46%	+3.26%	+3.37%	-0.62%
TSFBX	American Funds Strategic Bond Fund	0.75%	+3.89%	+1.18%	-0.88%
FIHAX	Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund	0.75%	+7.32%	—	—
PLFLX	Aristotle Floating Rate Income Fund	1.05%	+6.62%	—	—
IUSB	iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF	0.06%	+3.71%	+3.68%	-0.19%
JBFRX	Bond Fund	0.46%	+3.37%	+3.61%	-0.09%
WAPSX	Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund	0.42%	+3.13%	+2.73%	-1.73%
TBBWX	Nuveen Core Bond Fund	0.29%	+3.61%	+3.99%	+0.25%
LGBNX	Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund	0.44%	+3.28%	+4.45%	+1.38%
MHYSX	NYLI MacKay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund	0.56%	+6.53%	+8.15%	+5.01%
DDCFX	DoubleLine Core Fixed Income Fund	0.50%	+4.25%	+3.94%	+0.50%
CHIAX	Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund	0.95%	+6.01%	+7.83%	+6.41%
WACSX	Western Asset Core Bond Fund	0.42%	+3.29%	+2.85%	-1.36%
THRLX	Thornburg Limited Term Income Fund	0.42%	+5.39%	+5.19%	+1.89%
TFAIX	T. Rowe Price Floating Rate Fund	0.65%	+7.41%	+8.76%	+6.60%
VBLTX	VANGUARD LONG-TERM BOND INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
JAFLX	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Portfolio$1M min	0.82%	+3.37%	+5.53%	+0.20%
PLIAX	Aristotle Core Income Fund	0.85%	+3.47%	—	—
VWESX	VANGUARD LONG-TERM INVESTMENT-GRADE FUND	0.21%	-0.59%	+1.64%	-3.71%
JGCGX	JPMorgan Income Fund	0.39%	+6.58%	+5.52%	+2.95%
RPIFX	T. Rowe Price Institutional Floating Rate Fund$1M min	0.57%	+7.51%	+8.88%	+6.68%
FFTSX	Short-Term Bond Fund of America	0.35%	+5.04%	+4.14%	+1.76%
TBPPX	Nuveen Core Plus Bond Fund	0.45%	+3.40%	+3.91%	+0.27%
ANGLX	Angel Oak Multi-Strategy Income Fund	1.64%	+5.29%	+3.77%	+2.13%
PARRX	PIMCO Real Return Fund	0.75%	+5.64%	+2.75%	+1.36%
PSJIX	Short-Term Income Fund	0.63%	+4.68%	+4.84%	+1.97%
PHYAX	PIMCO High Yield Fund	0.85%	+6.59%	+8.18%	+3.99%
MRBBX	MFS Total Return Bond Fund	0.60%	+2.65%	+3.08%	-0.81%
CNLEX	American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund	0.89%	+4.67%	+0.94%	+0.18%
BRMSX	Bramshill Income Performance Fund$1M min	1.44%	+1.54%	—	—
PTCIX	PIMCO Long-Term Credit Bond Fund$1M min	1.51%	+1.32%	+3.61%	-2.42%
NTBAX	Navigator Tactical Fixed Income Fund	1.32%	+1.84%	+6.45%	+3.14%
CBORX	Calvert Bond Fund	0.46%	+4.53%	+4.65%	+1.14%
HYSAX	PGIM Short Duration High Yield Income Fund	1.00%	+7.50%	+8.02%	+5.38%
FTKFX	Fidelity Total Bond K6 Fund	0.30%	+3.85%	+4.06%	+0.54%
JCPB	JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF	0.38%	+4.04%	+4.29%	+0.51%
STYAX	Allspring Core Plus Bond Fund	0.67%	+3.30%	+3.50%	+2.07%
CIBRX	Columbia Total Return Bond Fund	0.49%	+3.82%	+3.42%	-0.39%
MWCPX	TCW METWEST UNCONSTRAINED BOND FUND	0.89%	+6.42%	+6.12%	+2.93%
FGKNX	Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund	0.72%	+4.28%	+5.67%	+2.49%
RFRAX	Columbia Floating Rate Fund	1.01%	+7.39%	+7.97%	+5.96%
DFLAX	BNY Mellon Floating Rate Income Fund	1.03%	+7.53%	+9.05%	+6.63%
EIBRX	Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston	0.66%	+7.45%	+8.80%	+5.56%
BUBSX	Baird Ultra Short Bond Fund	0.40%	+4.72%	+4.96%	+2.92%
BSBSX	Baird Short-Term Bond Fund	0.55%	+4.86%	+4.60%	+1.94%
CSOAX	Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund	1.80%	+6.17%	+8.69%	+6.04%
JADFX	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	0.83%	+3.02%	+5.30%	-0.10%
MXFEX	NYLI Floating Rate Fund	0.64%	+6.85%	+8.42%	+6.19%
JHYUX	JPMorgan High Yield Fund	0.50%	+8.26%	+8.74%	+5.45%
SDICX	Guggenheim Core Bond Fund	0.53%	+3.42%	+2.97%	-0.96%
APECX	Columbia High Yield Bond Fund	0.98%	+6.69%	+7.45%	+3.61%
BOND	PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund	0.54%	+3.83%	+3.87%	-0.12%
XFFLX	Franklin Floating Rate Master Series	—	+7.22%	+9.15%	+7.65%
ARBOX	ABSOLUTE CONVERTIBLE ARBITRAGE FUND	1.73%	+7.46%	—	—
PIPAX	PIMCO StocksPLUS International Fund (U.S. Dollar-Hedged)	1.57%	+13.70%	+16.88%	+13.55%
LCPTX	Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund	0.74%	—	—	—
DRSK	Aptus Defined Risk ETF	0.78%	+6.33%	+6.26%	+1.98%
ILABX	VOYA U.S. BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO	0.76%	+2.43%	+2.32%	-1.11%
LFROX	Lord Abbett Floating Rate Fund	0.54%	+6.93%	+8.70%	+6.88%
RCTIX	River Canyon Total Return Bond Fund$1M min	0.67%	+7.31%	+7.63%	+5.37%
GIKRX	Guggenheim Limited Duration Fund	0.46%	+5.45%	+5.76%	+2.89%
SGYAX	SIIT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND	0.57%	+9.13%	+9.16%	+6.87%
JAGBX	Select Bond Trust	0.60%	+3.22%	+3.31%	-0.40%

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