PFTAX — PIMCO Low Duration Income Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-31
PFTAX — PIMCO Low Duration Income Fund. Long Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond · $19.69B AUM · 0.81% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
PFTAX Fund Overview
PFTAX — PIMCO Low Duration Income Fund is a US mutual fund managed by PIMCO Funds, categorised as Long Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: PIMCO Funds
- Category: Long Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond
- Assets under management: $19.69B
- Ticker: PFTAX
- SEC CIK: 0000810893
- SEC series ID: S000009677
- Share class ID: C000026512
PFTAX Investment Objective and Strategy
PIMCO Low Duration Income Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by PIMCO Funds.
Investment objective
The Fund's primary investment objective is to maximize current income. Long-term capital appreciation is a secondary objective.
Principal investment strategy
"The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 65% of its total assets in a multi-sector portfolio of Fixed Income Securities of varying maturities, which may be represented by forwards or derivatives such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements. ""Fixed Income Instruments"" include bonds, debt securities and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public- or private-sector entities. The Fund will seek to maintain a high and consistent level of dividend income by investing in a broad array of fixed income sectors and utilizing income efficient implementation strategies. The capital appreciation sought by the Fund generally arises from decreases in interest rates or improving credit fundamentals for a particular sector or security.
The Fund will generally allocate its assets among several investment sectors, without limitation, which may include: (i) high yield securities (""junk bonds"") and investment grade corporate bonds of issuers located in the United States and non-U.S. countries, including emerging market countries; (ii) fixed income securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. governments (including emerging market governments), their agencies and instrumentalities; (iii) mortgage-related and other asset backed securities; and (iv) foreign currencies, including those of emerging market countries. However, the Fund is not required to gain exposure to any one investment sector, and the Fund's exposure to any one investment sector will vary over time. The average portfolio duration of this Fund normally varies from zero to three years based on Pacific Investment Management Company LLC's (""PIMCO"") market forecasts.
Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security's price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security's duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. The Fund may invest up to 30% of its total assets in high yield securities rated below investment grade by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (""Moody's""), Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (""S&P"") or Fitch, Inc. (""Fitch""), or if unrated, as determined by PIMCO (except such 30% limitation shall not apply to the Fund's investments in mortgage- and asset-backed securities). In addition, the Fund may invest, without limitation, in securities of foreign issuers and may invest up to 15% of its total assets in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging market countries (this limitation does not apply to investment grade sovereign debt denominated in the local currency with less than 1 year remaining to maturity, which means the Fund may invest in such instruments without limitation subject to any applicable legal or regulatory limitation).
The Fund will normally limit its foreign currency exposure (from non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities or currencies) to 10% of its total assets. The Fund may invest, without limitation, in derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements, or in mortgage- or asset-backed securities, subject to applicable law and any other restrictions described in the Fund's prospectus or Statement of Additional Information. The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis and may engage in short sales. The Fund may, without limitation, seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it primarily invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques (such as buy backs or dollar rolls).
The Fund may also invest in contingent convertible securities and up to 10% of its total assets in preferred securities."
PFTAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of PIMCO Low Duration Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Pimco Prv Short Term Flt Iii | 20.87% |
| Umbs, Tba | 10.93% |
| Umbs, Tba | 9.48% |
| Umbs, Tba | 6.60% |
| Umbs, Tba | 5.66% |
| Umbs, Tba | 3.19% |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank | 3.04% |
| Umbs, Tba | 2.29% |
| Letra Tesouro Nacional | 1.90% |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank | 1.79% |
PFTAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of PIMCO Low Duration Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Securitized | 91.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 30.8% |
| Fixed Income | 30.0% |
| Loans | 2.7% |
| Real Estate | 2.7% |
| Equity | 0.1% |
PFTAX Performance
Total returns for PFTAX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 1.9% |
| 1 year | 6.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 7.6% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 4.4% |
PFTAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for PFTAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 2.2%
PFTAX Costs and Fees
PFTAX costs about $81 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.81%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.81%
- Portfolio turnover: 588%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.30 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PFTAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, PIMCO Low Duration Income Fund had net inflows of $6.20B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $277.15M |
| 2026-05 | $624.64M |
| 2026-04 | $288.78M |
| 2026-03 | $211.28M |
| 2026-02 | $584.87M |
| 2026-01 | $716.76M |
PFTAX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of PIMCO Low Duration Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Letra Tesouro Nacional | 1.90% |
| Beignet Investor LLC | 1.16% |
| Letra Tesouro Nacional | 1.07% |
| United States Treasury | 1.04% |
| Rd Michigan Prop Owner I | 0.94% |
| Titulos De Tesoreria | 0.73% |
| United States Treasury | 0.72% |
| United States Treasury | 0.68% |
| United States Treasury | 0.47% |
| United States Treasury | 0.46% |
PFTAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official PIMCO Low Duration Income Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-25
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-07-25
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2024-01-08
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-31
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-02
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-06-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-06-13
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.