# Stone Ridge Trust - Lifex 2028 Income Bucket ETF (LIFT): ETF Facts & Distributions > Markdown mirror of https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/lift for AI agents. Same live data as the HTML page, regenerated on the same refresh cycle. Not investment advice. - Issuer: Stone Ridge · Asset class: Fixed Income - Strategy: Actively Managed · Inception: 2025-09-24 LIFT seeks to provide predictable monthly distributions of income and principal through December 2028, less operating fees. The fund delivers fixed monthly payments of $0.0833 per share, with an increasing portion of these distributions coming from the principal as the fund progresses toward its term. Investments concentrate on US Treasury debt securities and money market funds exclusively holding such securities or repurchase agreements backed by them. The fund focuses on bonds with maturities of 3 years or less. A portion of each monthly distribution is considered return capital, reducing... ## Key Facts | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Price | $21.02 | | Expense Ratio | 0.25% | | Assets Under Management | $2.0M | | NAV | $21.02 | | Holdings Count | 20 | | Distribution Yield (TTM) | 47.58% | | Annual Distribution (TTM) | $10.00 /share | | Distribution Frequency | Monthly | | 52-Week Range | $20.93 – $30.50 | | Beta | 0.00 | ## Latest Distribution - Amount: $0.8333 /share - Ex-date: 2026-10-02 - Pay date: 2026-10-05 ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does LIFT invest in? LIFT seeks to provide predictable monthly distributions of income and principal through December 2028, less operating fees. The fund delivers fixed monthly payments of $0.0833 per share, with an increasing portion of these distributions coming from the principal as the fund progresses toward its term. Investments concentrate on US Treasury debt securities and money market funds exclusively holding such securities or repurchase agreements backed by them. The fund focuses on bonds with maturities of 3 years or less. A portion of each monthly distribution is considered return capital, reducing the amount for investment and lowering the investor's tax basis in their shares. ### What is the expense ratio of LIFT? Stone Ridge Trust - Lifex 2028 Income Bucket ETF (LIFT) charges an expense ratio of 0.25%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations. ### What is LIFT's dividend yield? LIFT's trailing-twelve-month yield is 47.58%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price. ### What is the duration of LIFT? Effective duration measures LIFT's sensitivity to interest-rate changes: a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. LIFT's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. ### What is the credit quality of LIFT? LIFT's credit quality breakdown (the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below) is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds. ### What is the yield to maturity of LIFT? Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from LIFT if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. LIFT's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. It differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid. ### Does LIFT pay a dividend? Yes, Stone Ridge Trust - Lifex 2028 Income Bucket ETF (LIFT) distributes dividends to shareholders. The trailing-twelve-month yield is 47.58%. Full dividend history is on this page. ### How often does LIFT pay dividends? Stone Ridge Trust - Lifex 2028 Income Bucket ETF pays dividends Monthly. Each ex-dividend date, record date, and payment date is listed in the dividend history table on this page. ### When is LIFT's next ex-dividend date? The most recently announced ex-dividend date for LIFT was 2026-10-02. The next ex-date typically follows Monthly; once announced it appears at the top of the dividend history table on this page. ### How much will LIFT's expense ratio cost me over 30 years? On a $10,000 investment compounding at 7% gross return, a 0.25% expense ratio quietly compounds against your balance every year. The Fee Compounding Forecast card above projects the dollar drag for any holding period and assumption you pick. The typical result for a 1.0% expense ratio on a 30-year hold is roughly 25% of the final balance lost to fees. ### How does LIFT charge its expense ratio? The expense ratio is deducted in tiny daily slices from LIFT's net asset value (NAV). You never see a bill. The price quoted on every exchange is already net of fees. There's no "fee day" to avoid; the cost is continuous and built into the trading price. ### Why does LIFT cost more than a fund like VOO? LIFT is actively managed (current expense ratio 0.25%). Active funds charge more than passive index trackers in exchange for the manager's discretion to over- or under-weight positions. The Cost Verdict card above tells you whether LIFT's fee is competitive for the active-management cohort. ### Are there cheaper alternatives to LIFT? The Lower-Fee Alternatives card above lists ETFs following the same investment strategy as LIFT (0.25%) but at a lower expense ratio. Each row shows the fee gap, the peer's AUM as a liquidity sanity-check, and a direct link to that fund's analysis page. Cheaper price doesn't automatically mean better. Verify the peer holds what you actually want. ## More on Dividend Data - Overview (HTML): https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/lift - Distribution history: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/lift/dividend - Holdings & diversification: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/lift/diversification - Fees & cheaper alternatives: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/lift/expenses - Peer comparison: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/lift/peers Data sourced from primary filings and market data providers; see https://www.dividenddata.com/methodology.