C000135560 Performance — AST Bond Portfolio 2025

Data updated: 2025-11-26

C000135560 returned +4.36% over one year to Sep 2025. Annualised returns are +5.69% over 3 years and +0.53% over 5 years. The fund trailed its Target-Date category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $118, against $157 for the category, and to $104 over one year, against $112. Volatility over the past three years was 2.86% a year. In the 12 months to Sep 2025 the fund lost a net $30.5M, and assets reached $3.38M.

C000135560 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in AST Bond Portfolio 2025 grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Target-Date category average over the same months.

PeriodC000135560Category average
1 year (Oct 2024 – Sep 2025)$104$112
3 years (Oct 2022 – Sep 2025)$118$157
5 years (Oct 2020 – Sep 2025)$103$154
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Sep 2025)$116$168

C000135560 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Sep 2025, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+4.36%
3 years (annualised)+5.69%
5 years (annualised)+0.53%

C000135560 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of AST Bond Portfolio 2025, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2025 (Jan–Sep)+3.57%
2024+5.38%
2023+5.85%
2022−8.73%
2021−2.84%
2020+11.35%
2019 (Jul–Dec)+1.37%

C000135560 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025+0.4%+0.5%0.0%−0.1%+0.5%+0.5%+0.5%+0.6%+0.7%———
2024+0.6%−0.4%+0.5%−0.5%+1.0%+0.3%+1.3%+0.8%+1.0%−0.2%+0.7%+0.3%
2023+2.1%−1.4%+1.2%+0.5%−0.5%−0.4%+0.6%+0.1%−0.2%−0.3%+2.5%+1.5%
2022−1.6%−0.8%−2.9%−1.6%+0.6%−1.4%+1.4%−1.9%−3.0%−0.2%+2.4%+0.1%
2021−0.3%−1.3%−0.8%+0.6%+0.4%−0.4%+1.0%−0.3%−0.7%−0.9%0.0%−0.3%
2020+2.7%+1.9%+1.4%+1.6%+1.3%+0.9%+0.8%+0.1%−0.1%−0.5%+0.5%+0.2%
2019——————−0.2%+3.5%−1.0%+0.1%−0.4%−0.5%

C000135560 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Oct 2022 – Sep 2025.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 2.86%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: 0.42 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +2.49% (Nov 2023)
  • Worst month: −1.43% (Feb 2023)

C000135560 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of AST Bond Portfolio 2025, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$30.5M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $29.6M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.49×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Sep 2025$2K$5.0M−$5.0M
Aug 2025$829K$4.6M−$3.7M
Jul 2025$1.2M$5.3M−$4.1M
Jun 2025$1.1M$6.3M−$5.3M
May 2025$1.7M$8.0M−$6.3M
Apr 2025$8.2M$10.4M−$2.2M
Mar 2025$1.4M$5.1M−$3.7M
Feb 2025$178K$6.2M−$6.1M
Jan 2025$2.8M$6.4M−$3.7M
Dec 2024$6.8M$1.2M$5.7M
Nov 2024$4.2M$747K$3.4M
Oct 2024$1.3M$853K$406K

C000135560 Assets Under Management

Net assets of AST Bond Portfolio 2025 by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2025-09-30$3.38M
2025-06-30$16.06M
2025-03-31$29.66M
2024-12-31$42.73M
2024-09-30$32.94M
2024-06-28$33.80M
2024-03-28$22.73M
2023-12-29$5.92M
2023-09-29$6.36M
2023-06-30$6.19M
2023-03-31$7.12M
2022-12-30$6.86M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.