FDBCX

Active

Federated Hermes Corporate Bond Fund

Category: US Bond (5,386 funds)

Expense Ratio

1.70%

Annual Cost per $10K

$170.00

30-Year Fee Drag per $10K

$29,041

at 7% annual return

Fund Type

Mutual Fund

Active

Trailing 12-Month

+2.94%

Asset Allocation

US Equity

13%

US Bond

78%

Intl Bond

Cash

Fee Comparison

FDBCX

1.70%

US Bond average

0.76%

US Bond cheapest

ABIMX

0.00%

Index benchmark

0.03%

124% more expensive than category average

Historical Returns

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

+10.99%3Y

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Investment

Years

Annual Return

FDBCX at 1.70%$235,408

At index rates (0.03%)$377,424

Zero fees (theoretical)$380,613

Total fee drag$145,205

Cost vs index fund−$142,016

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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
FDBCX	Federated Hermes Corporate Bond Fund	1.70%	+2.94%	+3.54%	-0.48%
MWTNX	TCW METWEST TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	0.57%	+2.73%	+2.67%	-1.05%
VBTSX	VANGUARD TOTAL BOND MARKET INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
PIINX	PIMCO Income Fund	1.08%	+7.58%	+6.94%	+3.88%
FIWGX	Strategic Advisers Fidelity Core Income Fund	0.16%	+3.62%	+3.67%	+0.28%
ABNDX	Bond Fund of America	1.04%	+3.22%	+2.75%	-0.49%
NTBAX	Navigator Tactical Fixed Income Fund	1.32%	+1.84%	+6.45%	+3.14%
JCBPX	JPMorgan Core Bond Fund	1.33%	+3.25%	+3.03%	-0.39%
VBSSX	VANGUARD SHORT-TERM BOND INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
VIBSX	VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM BOND INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
BBCPX	Bridge Builder Core Plus Bond Fund	0.16%	+4.26%	+4.16%	+0.56%
FBKWX	Fidelity Total Bond Fund	0.75%	+3.99%	+4.27%	+0.57%
GIBRX	Guggenheim Total Return Bond Fund	0.49%	+4.83%	+4.35%	+0.43%
DOXIX	Dodge & Cox Income Fund	0.33%	+3.58%	+4.67%	—
BAGSX	Baird Aggregate Bond Fund	0.55%	+3.20%	+3.39%	-0.59%
OWCIX	Old Westbury Credit Income Fund	0.91%	+3.57%	+3.01%	—
FFSAX	Touchstone Strategic Trust-Touchstone Flexible Income Fund	1.82%	+3.91%	+5.03%	+2.51%
JCPPX	JPMorgan Core Plus Bond Fund	1.14%	+3.47%	+3.44%	-0.03%
JAFLX	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Portfolio$1M min	0.82%	+3.37%	+5.53%	+0.20%
PTRAX	PIMCO Total Return Fund	0.76%	+4.31%	+3.82%	-0.30%
HIGFX	American High Income Trust	0.32%	+8.36%	+9.55%	+6.83%
CCBFX	Capital Group Central Corporate Bond Fund	—	+3.73%	+4.53%	—
JDYRX	PGIM High Yield Fund	0.74%	+8.73%	+8.45%	+4.68%
FFRAX	Fidelity Advisor Floating Rate High Income Fund	0.73%	-9.97%	-18.31%	-21.22%
BCOSX	Baird Core Plus Bond Fund	0.55%	+3.48%	+3.91%	-0.09%
IIBAX	VOYA INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND	1.43%	+3.47%	+3.70%	-0.23%
MCOAX	NYLI MacKay Convertible Fund	0.94%	+10.59%	+7.94%	+7.53%
PLFLX	Aristotle Floating Rate Income Fund	1.05%	+6.62%	—	—
JMTNX	Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	0.88%	+7.58%	+9.67%	+4.34%
CMBKX	American Funds Multi-Sector Income Fund	0.70%	+6.36%	+7.49%	+3.22%
JHYUX	JPMorgan High Yield Fund	0.50%	+8.26%	+8.74%	+5.45%
FBNDX	Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund	0.75%	+3.44%	+3.44%	-0.20%
GFRAX	Goldman Sachs High Yield Floating Rate Fund	0.72%	+5.46%	+7.30%	+5.61%
NCIDX	Columbia Convertible Securities Fund	0.79%	—	—	—
PTCIX	PIMCO Long-Term Credit Bond Fund$1M min	1.51%	+1.32%	+3.61%	-2.42%
QCBMFX	College Retirement Equities Fund - Core Bond Account	—	+3.63%	+4.36%	—
GAKPX	Goldman Sachs Core Fixed Income Fund	1.46%	+3.26%	+3.37%	-0.62%
FCSKX	Franklin Convertible Securities Fund	0.51%	+16.32%	+11.23%	+7.55%
BBTBX	Bridge Builder Core Bond Fund	0.12%	+3.63%	+3.76%	-0.02%
RNDLX	RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Income Fund	1.77%	+5.51%	+5.82%	+2.84%
PGCAX	PIMCO Investment Grade Credit Bond Fund	1.34%	+4.38%	+5.04%	+0.05%
BRMSX	Bramshill Income Performance Fund$1M min	1.44%	+1.54%	—	—
RPHYX	RIVERPARK SHORT TERM HIGH YIELD FUND	1.20%	+4.53%	+5.42%	+3.85%
LCSAX	LoCorr Long/Short Commodities Strategy Fund	2.37%	-4.84%	-3.08%	+1.98%
TAIBX	PGIM Core Bond Fund	0.96%	+3.50%	+3.60%	-0.42%
FDBLX	Federated Hermes Corporate Bond Fund	0.59%	+4.10%	+4.66%	+0.61%
MHYSX	NYLI MacKay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund	0.56%	+6.53%	+8.15%	+5.01%
FSMTX	Fidelity SAI Total Bond Fund	0.29%	+4.17%	+4.37%	+0.79%
CANEX	American Funds Strategic Bond Fund	0.93%	+3.44%	+0.72%	-1.31%
DDCFX	DoubleLine Core Fixed Income Fund	0.50%	+4.25%	+3.94%	+0.50%
PHYAX	PIMCO High Yield Fund	0.85%	+6.59%	+8.18%	+3.99%
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%
PTOAX	PIMCO StocksPLUS Absolute Return Fund	1.35%	+16.43%	+19.41%	+13.73%
UINCX	Victory Income Fund	0.84%	+3.48%	+4.12%	+0.43%
EIBRX	Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston	0.66%	+7.45%	+8.80%	+5.56%
PCRRX	PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy Fund	1.25%	+14.56%	-0.85%	+10.90%
JADFX	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	0.83%	+3.02%	+5.30%	-0.10%
TRVZX	T. Rowe Price New Income Fund, Inc.	0.32%	+3.45%	+2.95%	-0.33%
FIHAX	Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund	0.75%	+7.32%	—	—
HYSAX	PGIM Short Duration High Yield Income Fund	1.00%	+7.50%	+8.02%	+5.38%
LGBNX	Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund	0.44%	+3.28%	+4.45%	+1.38%
BIMSX	Baird Intermediate Bond Fund	0.55%	+4.57%	+4.16%	+0.64%
ARBOX	ABSOLUTE CONVERTIBLE ARBITRAGE FUND	1.73%	+7.46%	—	—
TSRSX	Thornburg Strategic Income Fund	0.53%	+5.42%	+5.98%	+3.53%
BOND	PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund	0.54%	+3.83%	+3.87%	-0.12%
WAPSX	Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund	0.42%	+3.13%	+2.73%	-1.73%
PZRMX	PIMCO Inflation Response Multi-Asset Fund	2.40%	+10.69%	+6.44%	+6.90%
MWCPX	TCW METWEST UNCONSTRAINED BOND FUND	0.89%	+6.42%	+6.12%	+2.93%
FTKFX	Fidelity Total Bond K6 Fund	0.30%	+3.85%	+4.06%	+0.54%
FARAX	Fulcrum Diversified Absolute Return Fund	1.20%	—	—	—
CEAMX	Short-Term Bond Fund of America	0.88%	+4.37%	+3.57%	+1.22%
TBBWX	Nuveen Core Bond Fund	0.29%	+3.61%	+3.99%	+0.25%
FIQVX	Fidelity Convertible Securities Fund	0.60%	+19.13%	+11.26%	+9.04%
VAADX	Virtus Convertible Fund	0.62%	+20.61%	+10.62%	—
WACSX	Western Asset Core Bond Fund	0.42%	+3.29%	+2.85%	-1.36%
BKLN	Invesco Senior Loan ETF	0.65%	+7.19%	+8.20%	+5.50%
VBLTX	VANGUARD LONG-TERM BOND INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
PLSTX	Aristotle Strategic Income Fund	0.94%	+5.83%	—	—
MRBBX	MFS Total Return Bond Fund	0.60%	+2.65%	+3.08%	-0.81%
STYAX	Allspring Core Plus Bond Fund	0.67%	+3.30%	+3.50%	+2.07%
BSBSX	Baird Short-Term Bond Fund	0.55%	+4.86%	+4.60%	+1.94%
DDLDX	DoubleLine Low Duration Bond Fund	0.70%	+5.18%	+5.42%	+3.07%
JGCGX	JPMorgan Income Fund	0.39%	+6.58%	+5.52%	+2.95%
GGMPX	Goldman Sachs High Yield Fund	0.98%	+7.43%	+8.44%	+4.14%
SRLN	SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF	0.70%	+7.75%	+7.37%	+5.40%
NRSIX	Neuberger Berman Strategic Income Fund	0.51%	+7.36%	+7.49%	+3.86%
BFCAX	American Funds Corporate Bond Fund	1.48%	+2.89%	+3.82%	-0.85%
CCVCX	Calamos Convertible Fund	0.88%	+15.48%	+8.13%	+4.39%
LCPTX	Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund	0.74%	—	—	—
AFRFX	Invesco Floating Rate ESG Fund	0.72%	+6.67%	+7.92%	+6.47%
GIKRX	Guggenheim Limited Duration Fund	0.46%	+5.45%	+5.76%	+2.89%
DFFLX	DoubleLine Flexible Income Fund	0.70%	+7.01%	+6.32%	+3.99%
PLIAX	Aristotle Core Income Fund	0.85%	+3.47%	—	—
TGCFX	TCW Core Fixed Income Fund	0.56%	+2.64%	+2.69%	-0.88%
FGQMX	Fidelity High Income Fund	1.85%	-14.57%	-27.88%	-33.00%
CHIAX	Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund	0.95%	+6.01%	+7.83%	+6.41%
PARRX	PIMCO Real Return Fund	0.75%	+5.64%	+2.75%	+1.36%
APECX	Columbia High Yield Bond Fund	0.98%	+6.69%	+7.45%	+3.61%
BUBSX	Baird Ultra Short Bond Fund	0.40%	+4.72%	+4.96%	+2.92%
PCNBX	Putnam Convertible Securities Fund	0.68%	+12.39%	-3.09%	+7.51%

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