FTIAX

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Federated Hermes Short-Term Income Fund

Category: US Bond (5,386 funds)

Expense Ratio

0.66%

Annual Cost per $10K

$66.00

30-Year Fee Drag per $10K

$12,896

at 7% annual return

Fund Type

Mutual Fund

Active

Trailing 12-Month

+5.56%

Asset Allocation

US Equity

US Bond

82%

Intl Bond

Cash

Fee Comparison

FTIAX

0.66%

US Bond average

0.76%

US Bond cheapest

ABIMX

0.00%

Index benchmark

0.03%

13% cheaper than category average

Historical Returns

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

+17.10%3Y

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Investment

Years

Annual Return

FTIAX at 0.66%$316,133

At index rates (0.03%)$377,424

Zero fees (theoretical)$380,613

Total fee drag$64,480

Cost vs index fund−$61,291

Similar Funds (100)

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

Ticker	Name	ER	1yr	3yr	5yr
FTIAX	Federated Hermes Short-Term Income Fund	0.66%	+5.56%	+5.40%	+2.41%
ABNDX	Bond Fund of America	1.04%	+2.69%	+4.64%	-0.29%
VTBIX	VANGUARD TOTAL BOND MARKET II INDEX FUND	0.09%	+2.78%	+4.84%	-0.54%
BBCPX	Bridge Builder Core Plus Bond Fund	0.16%	+3.91%	+6.14%	+0.79%
VBMFX	VANGUARD TOTAL BOND MARKET INDEX FUND	0.15%	+2.75%	+4.77%	-0.60%
DOXIX	Dodge & Cox Income Fund	0.33%	+3.47%	+6.64%	—
BAGSX	Baird Aggregate Bond Fund	0.55%	+2.91%	+5.31%	-0.36%
FBKWX	Fidelity Total Bond Fund	0.75%	+3.99%	+4.27%	+0.57%
PIINX	PIMCO Income Fund	1.08%	+6.98%	+8.60%	+4.02%
GIBRX	Guggenheim Total Return Bond Fund	0.49%	+4.53%	+6.42%	+0.62%
HIGFX	American High Income Trust	0.32%	+7.58%	+11.27%	+7.08%
FFRAX	Fidelity Advisor Floating Rate High Income Fund	0.73%	-5.49%	-16.23%	-20.26%
AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	0.03%	+3.13%	+3.01%	-0.68%
JCPPX	JPMorgan Core Plus Bond Fund	1.14%	+3.47%	+3.44%	-0.03%
CCBFX	Capital Group Central Corporate Bond Fund	—	+3.73%	+4.53%	—
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	0.14%	+3.36%	+4.42%	-0.63%
JCBPX	JPMorgan Core Bond Fund	1.33%	+3.25%	+3.03%	-0.39%
TRVZX	T. Rowe Price New Income Fund, Inc.	0.32%	+3.45%	+2.95%	-0.33%
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%
IUSB	iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF	0.06%	+6.50%	+6.20%	+0.26%
FSMTX	Fidelity SAI Total Bond Fund	0.29%	+4.17%	+4.37%	+0.79%
AIBAX	Intermediate Bond Fund of America	0.65%	+4.50%	+3.52%	+0.82%
DDCFX	DoubleLine Core Fixed Income Fund	0.50%	+3.60%	+5.71%	+0.65%
TBBWX	Nuveen Core Bond Fund	0.29%	+3.39%	+5.98%	+0.51%
VCIT	VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM CORPORATE BOND INDEX FUND	0.06%	+5.70%	+5.76%	+0.79%
MWTNX	TCW METWEST TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	0.57%	+2.45%	+4.81%	-0.83%
FSIGX	Fidelity Series Investment Grade Bond Fund	0.00%	+3.72%	+3.94%	+0.37%
BKLN	Invesco Senior Loan ETF	0.65%	+7.19%	+8.20%	+5.50%
BSV	VANGUARD SHORT-TERM BOND INDEX FUND	0.03%	+4.08%	+4.88%	+1.37%
FBNDX	Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund	0.75%	+3.44%	+3.44%	-0.20%
BCOSX	Baird Core Plus Bond Fund	0.55%	+3.20%	+5.80%	+0.13%
VFICX	VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM INVESTMENT-GRADE FUND	0.20%	+8.23%	+8.13%	+1.09%
FSILX	Federated Hermes Short-Term Income Fund	0.66%	+6.00%	+5.76%	+2.73%
BBTBX	Bridge Builder Core Bond Fund	0.12%	+3.31%	+5.62%	+0.16%
FTKFX	Fidelity Total Bond K6 Fund	0.30%	+3.85%	+4.06%	+0.54%
JHYUX	JPMorgan High Yield Fund	0.50%	+8.26%	+8.74%	+5.45%
TSRSX	Thornburg Strategic Income Fund	0.53%	+4.97%	+7.04%	+3.60%
SRLN	SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF	0.70%	+7.51%	+8.80%	+5.47%
THRLX	Thornburg Limited Term Income Fund	0.42%	+4.73%	+6.19%	+1.96%
PTRAX	PIMCO Total Return Fund	0.76%	+4.09%	+5.81%	-0.06%
BIV	VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM BOND INDEX FUND	0.03%	+3.76%	+5.65%	-0.25%
BIMSX	Baird Intermediate Bond Fund	0.55%	+4.00%	+5.32%	+0.75%
VWESX	VANGUARD LONG-TERM INVESTMENT-GRADE FUND	0.21%	+5.20%	+7.18%	-2.69%
VCSH	VANGUARD SHORT-TERM CORPORATE BOND INDEX FUND	0.06%	+5.71%	+5.29%	+2.12%
VIITX	VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL INTERMEDIATE-TERM BOND FUND$100M min	0.02%	+4.20%	+5.33%	+1.00%
SPAB	SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF	0.03%	+2.89%	+4.90%	-0.47%
DDLDX	DoubleLine Low Duration Bond Fund	0.70%	+4.94%	+5.95%	+3.10%
JDYRX	PGIM High Yield Fund	0.74%	+8.73%	+8.45%	+4.68%
CIBRX	Columbia Total Return Bond Fund	0.49%	+7.05%	+7.06%	-0.10%
JCPB	JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF	0.38%	+4.04%	+4.29%	+0.51%
JAFLX	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Portfolio$1M min	0.82%	+2.98%	+4.98%	-0.05%
PLFLX	Aristotle Floating Rate Income Fund	1.05%	+6.54%	—	—
JBFRX	Bond Fund	0.46%	+3.37%	+3.61%	-0.09%
FFTSX	Short-Term Bond Fund of America	0.35%	+5.04%	+4.14%	+1.76%
TBIIX	Nuveen Bond Index Fund	0.32%	+2.61%	+4.85%	-0.55%
CMBKX	American Funds Multi-Sector Income Fund	0.70%	+5.60%	+9.36%	+3.54%
WAPSX	Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund	0.42%	+2.60%	+5.35%	-1.43%
LGBNX	Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund	0.44%	+3.00%	+6.18%	+1.61%
JGCGX	JPMorgan Income Fund	0.39%	+6.58%	+5.52%	+2.95%
WACSX	Western Asset Core Bond Fund	0.42%	+2.93%	+5.20%	-1.08%
DFFLX	DoubleLine Flexible Income Fund	0.70%	+6.65%	+7.66%	+3.98%
VWEAX	VANGUARD HIGH-YIELD CORPORATE FUND	0.22%	+8.45%	+9.43%	+4.79%
MHYSX	NYLI MacKay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund	0.56%	+6.61%	+8.80%	+5.29%
QCBMFX	College Retirement Equities Fund - Core Bond Account	—	+3.35%	+5.71%	—
TBPPX	Nuveen Core Plus Bond Fund	0.45%	+3.06%	+5.91%	+0.50%
UINCX	Victory Income Fund	0.84%	+5.93%	+6.54%	+0.81%
SDICX	Guggenheim Core Bond Fund	0.53%	+3.16%	+4.95%	-0.77%
CBORX	Calvert Bond Fund	0.46%	+4.10%	+6.44%	+1.31%
BOND	PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund	0.54%	+3.78%	+5.93%	+0.12%
FIHAX	Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund	0.75%	+7.20%	—	—
SGYAX	SIIT HIGH YIELD BOND FUND	0.57%	+9.13%	+9.16%	+6.87%
TRHYX	T. Rowe Price Institutional High Yield Fund$1M min	0.50%	+7.97%	+9.04%	+4.92%
ANBAX	American Funds Strategic Bond Fund	0.31%	+2.58%	+3.34%	-1.05%
NEAR	iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF	0.25%	+5.70%	+6.16%	+3.64%
SLDBX	SIIT LIMITED DURATION BOND FUND	0.32%	+5.05%	+4.67%	+2.19%
SSAFX	State Street Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio	0.02%	+2.88%	+4.91%	-0.53%
PSJIX	Short-Term Income Fund	0.63%	+5.24%	+5.66%	+2.13%
BUBSX	Baird Ultra Short Bond Fund	0.40%	+4.62%	+5.15%	+2.99%
FFRDX	Franklin Floating Rate Daily Access Fund	0.62%	+5.76%	+9.98%	+7.69%
IIBAX	VOYA INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND	1.43%	+3.08%	+5.62%	-0.05%
TRAZX	T. Rowe Price Institutional Floating Rate Fund$1M min	0.02%	+7.98%	+9.42%	+7.21%
GFRAX	Goldman Sachs High Yield Floating Rate Fund	0.72%	+5.03%	+8.31%	+5.54%
SCOAX	SIIT CORE FIXED INCOME FUND	0.37%	+3.26%	+3.37%	-0.51%
EIBRX	Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston	0.66%	+7.89%	+9.49%	+5.83%
JADFX	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	0.83%	+2.72%	+4.74%	-0.36%
NTBAX	Navigator Tactical Fixed Income Fund	1.32%	+2.62%	+6.98%	+3.78%
MXFEX	NYLI Floating Rate Fund	0.64%	+5.71%	+9.06%	+6.15%
VISTX	VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL SHORT-TERM BOND FUND$100M min	0.02%	+4.68%	+5.11%	+2.14%
DRSK	Aptus Defined Risk ETF	0.78%	+11.06%	+9.02%	+3.32%
LTRHX	Lord Abbett Total Return Fund	0.36%	+3.84%	+3.82%	+0.30%
PLIAX	Aristotle Core Income Fund	0.85%	+3.38%	—	—
GAAAX	GMO Opportunistic Income Fund	0.58%	+5.51%	+5.75%	—
TRIZX	T. Rowe Price Floating Rate Fund	0.02%	+7.94%	+9.42%	+7.25%
VCLT	VANGUARD LONG-TERM CORPORATE BOND INDEX FUND	0.06%	+0.56%	+2.96%	-2.60%
GIKRX	Guggenheim Limited Duration Fund	0.46%	+4.96%	+6.59%	+2.92%
BSCQ	Invesco BulletShares 2026 Corporate Bond ETF	0.10%	+4.75%	+4.39%	+0.97%
TAFLX	Transamerica Bond	0.44%	+6.43%	+6.14%	+0.80%
BSCR	Invesco BulletShares 2027 Corporate Bond ETF	0.10%	+4.96%	+4.67%	+1.03%
MRBBX	MFS Total Return Bond Fund	0.60%	+5.35%	+5.64%	-0.40%
ACBPX	Diversified Bond Fund	0.01%	+2.77%	+4.84%	-0.26%

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