Fundology

ETF · Xtrackers

XDGU Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF

ISIN IE00BZ036H21London Stock Exchange: XDGUDeutsche Bank AG

Latest close

LSE

$11.95

on

Ongoing charge
0.15% a year
Fund size
£530m

Source: TradingView, as of , at least 15 min delayed

At a glance

As of 01/10/2026, XDGU (Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF, ISIN IE00BZ036H21) closed at $11.95 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.15% a year (about £15 on £10,000). Over the five years to 01/10/2026 its total return was −3.8%, or −24.8% after UK CPIH inflation.

Past returns

Total return: the change in the fund’s value with any income reinvested, after its ongoing charges. Periods to .
1 year to 01/10/2026
−2.0%
−5.1% after inflation
3 years to 01/10/2026
+7.6%
−2.9% after inflation
5 years to 01/10/2026
−3.8%
−24.8% after inflation

£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £962 on 01/10/2026 — about £752 in today’s spending power, once price rises are taken out. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

Returns: TradingView (delayed data). Inflation: ONS CPIH, latest month published.

How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH

Calendar-year and 12-month returns

Calendar-year returns of Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF in pounds (price only, income paid out not included): 2022 −11.2%, 2023 −1.1%, 2024 −3.2%, 2025 −4.1%; 2026 to 01/10/2026 −6.0%. Returns of Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF in pounds (price only, income paid out not included) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: −7.7%; to 30/09/2025: −1.6%; to 30/09/2024: +0.2%; to 30/09/2023: −10.7%; to 30/09/2022: −6.3%.

Calendar-year returns of XDGU, in pounds (price only — income paid out is not included), to 01/10/2026
YearReturnAfter inflationReturn shown as a bar
to −6.0%−8.6%
−4.1%−7.4%
−3.2%−6.5%
−1.1%−5.1%
−11.2%−18.7%
Returns of XDGU over 12-month periods to 30/09/2026, in pounds (price only — income paid out is not included)
12 months toReturnAfter inflation
from −7.7%Not available
from −1.6%−5.4%
from +0.2%−2.4%
from −10.7%−16.0%
from −6.3%−13.9%

Source: Fundology, from recorded closes and the data vendor’s weekly price history, as of , inflation: ONS CPIH

How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing

Risk: volatility and largest fall

How far the price has swung and fallen. The same record the returns come from, in pounds.

Volatility (annualised)

9.1%over 5 years

Volatility, annualised from weekly returns, by period
1 year7.3%
3 years8.5%
5 years9.1%

Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.

Largest fall since October 2021
−25.6%
From to
Lowest 12-month return
−13.9%
12 months to
Highest 12-month return
+4.0%
12 months to
Below its highest weekly close since October 2021
25.6%
High of , latest

In words: Volatility of Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 01/10/2026: 7.3% over 1 year, 8.5% over 3 years, 9.1% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF since October 2021, in pounds: −25.6% from 03/12/2021 to 01/10/2026. The lowest 12-month return of Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF in pounds (price only, income paid out not included) since January 2021 was −13.9% (12 months to 02/12/2022); the highest was +4.0% (12 months to 26/06/2026). On 01/10/2026 the price of Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF was 25.6% below its highest weekly close since October 2021 (03/12/2021), in pounds.

Source: Fundology, from recorded closes and the data vendor’s weekly price history, as of , price only — income paid out is not included

How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall

Charges compared with similar funds

The ongoing charge is taken from the fund’s value every day, so the returns on this page are already after it. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately.
Ongoing charge
0.15%
a year
On £10,000
£15
a year, roughly
Over five years
£75
of £10,000, before growth
Among 393 corporate and other bond funds, share classes counted once
  • 84 charge less
  • 21 the same
  • 287 charge more

Ongoing charge of Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF 0.15% a year, as of 02/10/2026: 287 of the 392 other corporate and other bond funds charge more, 21 the same and 84 less (share classes counted once).

Source: Fund ongoing charges via TradingView, as of

A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more. Charges are the fund’s own published ongoing charges figure.

Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up

In plain English

Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Xtrackers, launched in 2015.

It tracks the Bloomberg USD Liquid Investment Grade Corporate.

You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.

Its ongoing charge is 0.15% a year — about £15 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.

Income from its investments is paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year.

Corporate & other bonds: Loans to companies and other borrowers, which usually pay more interest than government bonds in exchange for more risk.

Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN

Key facts

Ticker
XDGU
ISIN
IE00BZ036H21
Provider
Xtrackers
Tracks
Bloomberg USD Liquid Investment Grade Corporate
Structure
ETF
An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
Income
Distributing, paid quarterly
Income is paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year.
Ongoing charge
0.15% a year · about £15 on £10,000
Fund size
£530m
Launched
Domicile
Ireland
Can be held in
ISA and SIPP
Currency hedged
No
Price currency
USD

Price chart

Closing price
$11.95−4.2% since 31/07/2026 · closing price
XDGU closing price: $12.48 on 31/07/2026, $11.95 on 01/10/2026 (−4.2%); low $11.95, high $12.58.

Since 31/07/2026, the closing price went from $12.48 on 31/07/2026 to $11.95 on 01/10/2026 (−4.2%). The lowest close shown was $11.95 on 01/10/2026 and the highest $12.58 on 07/08/2026.

Chart: closing prices we have recorded since 31/07/2026. Price only — income paid out is not included, so the line can end below the total return above.

Source: TradingView, as of , at least 15 min delayed

Five years of prices, and after inflation

10 weekly closes, from 31/07/2026 to 01/10/2026. The same history in October 2026 pounds, adjusted with ONS CPIH inflation.

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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price

What it holds

As of , XDGU holds 653 positions, according to the holdings Xtrackers publishes. The largest is JP Morgan Chase at 2.97% of the fund; the ten largest make up 20.7%.
Holdings
653
on record
Ten largest
20.7%
of the whole fund
Effective number of holdings
130
As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
Largest holding
3.0%
JP Morgan Chase

Top 10 holdings

Top holdings of XDGU: the ten largest, as a percentage of the whole fund, as of 01/10/2026
Rank#HoldingWeight as a percentage of the fund
1JP Morgan ChaseJPMunknownUnited States2.97%
2Bank of AmericaBACunknownUnited States2.55%
3Morgan StanleyMSunknownUnited States2.53%
4Goldman Sachs GroupGSunknownUnited States2.25%
5AmazonAMZNunknownUnited States1.98%
6OracleORCLunknownUnited States1.87%
7CitigroupCunknownUnited States1.73%
8Meta PlatformsMETAunknownUnited States1.64%
9Verizon CommunicationsVZunknownUnited States1.63%
10Wells FargoWFCunknownUnited States1.56%

Source: Xtrackers, holdings as published, as of , company pages by TradingView

Where it invests

The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions the source does not classify are shown as they come, not guessed.

By sector

  1. unknown97.6%
  2. Information Technology1.3%
  3. Consumer, Cyclical0.7%
  4. Utilities0.5%
Added up from the holdings Xtrackers publishes, as of 01/10/2026.

By country

  1. United States85.8%
  2. United Kingdom4.4%
  3. Canada2.6%
  4. Japan1.9%
  5. Australia0.8%
  6. Spain0.7%
  7. Belgium0.7%
  8. Ireland0.5%
  9. Other countries2.6%
Added up from the holdings Xtrackers publishes, as of 01/10/2026.

By type of asset

  1. Bonds99.7%
  2. Equity0.2%
  3. Cash and money market0.1%
Added up from the holdings Xtrackers publishes, as of 01/10/2026.

See the full portfolio

Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 100 largest.

All 653 holdings of XDGU

More of the portfolio

The fund publishes 653 holdings; the ten largest make up 20.7% of it. The fund's portfolio is also split by currency.

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Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured

Funds tracking the same index

3 funds track Bloomberg USD Liquid Investment Grade Corporate, this one included and share classes counted once; their ongoing charges range from 0.15% to 0.26% a year (01/10/2026).

3 funds that track the Bloomberg USD Liquid Investment Grade Corporate, listed by name. Returns are the data vendor’s, in pounds, with income reinvested unless marked “price”.
FundCharge1 year3 years5 years
Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETFThis fundDistributing · 0.15% a year0.15%−2.0%+7.6%−3.8%
Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETFDistributing · 0.26% a year0.26%−5.1%+8.0%−15.4%
Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF Shs -5D- Hedged GBPDistributing · Currency hedged · 0.26% a year0.26%−3.9%+3.1%Not reported

Source: TradingView reported returns and fund ongoing charges, as of

Read more:Index fundsTracking differenceHow funds are compared

Other versions of this fund

Xtrackers’s other share classes and funds on the Bloomberg USD Liquid Investment Grade Corporate. They can differ in how income is paid, currency hedging and charge.

Risk and return in depth

Ratios that weigh return against its ups and downs, every rolling period rather than a few fixed ones, and each large fall with how long it took to recover.
  • Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios

    Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.

    With a free account
  • Rolling returns

    The full range of 248 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 144 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.

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  • Largest falls and recoveries

    The 2 largest falls since October 2021, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.

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  • Moves compared with a similar fund

    Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core UK Gilts UCITS ETF, over the three years to 01/10/2026 (146 weeks).

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Questions people ask

What is the ongoing charge of XDGU?

The ongoing charge of XDGU is 0.15% a year — about £15 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of Xtrackers USD Corporate Bond UCITS ETF 0.15% a year, as of 02/10/2026: 287 of the 392 other corporate and other bond funds charge more, 21 the same and 84 less (share classes counted once).

What does XDGU track?

XDGU tracks the Bloomberg USD Liquid Investment Grade Corporate.

Is XDGU accumulating or distributing?

XDGU is distributing: income is paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year. It pays out quarterly.

What is the ISIN of XDGU?

The ISIN of XDGU is IE00BZ036H21. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; XDGU is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange.

What does XDGU hold?

As of 01/10/2026, XDGU holds 653 positions, according to the holdings Xtrackers publishes. The largest is JP Morgan Chase at 2.97% of the fund; the ten largest make up 20.7%. Its ten largest holdings are JP Morgan Chase (2.97%), Bank of America (2.55%), Morgan Stanley (2.53%), Goldman Sachs Group (2.25%), Amazon (1.98%), Oracle (1.87%), Citigroup (1.73%), Meta Platforms (1.64%), Verizon Communications (1.63%) and Wells Fargo (1.56%).

What were XDGU’s returns in each of the last five years?

Calendar-year returns of XDGU in pounds (price only, income paid out not included): 2022 −11.2%, 2023 −1.1%, 2024 −3.2%, 2025 −4.1%; 2026 to 01/10/2026 −6.0%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

How has XDGU done after inflation?

Over the five years to 01/10/2026 XDGU’s total return was −3.8%, or −24.8% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

Similar funds

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Sources and dates

Prices
London Stock Exchange closes via TradingView, at least 15 minutes delayed, latest
Returns
TradingView reported returns (net asset value with income reinvested where available)
Calendar years, risk
Fundology, from recorded closes (weekly history from the data vendor where our record is short)
Inflation
ONS CPIH, latest month used August 2026
Charges
The fund’s ongoing charges figure, via TradingView
Holdings
Xtrackers, as published,
Identity
FCA Financial Instruments Reference Data System (FIRDS) and the issuer
Fund size
TradingView, converted to pounds at the latest ECB reference rate

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