PPLZX — DWS Short Duration Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-28
PPLZX — DWS Short Duration Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond · $1.15B AUM · 0.34% expense ratio · 4.9% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
PPLZX Fund Overview
PPLZX — DWS Short Duration Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Deutsche Dws Income Trust, categorised as Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Deutsche Dws Income Trust
- Category: Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $1.15B
- 1-year return: 4.9%
- Ticker: PPLZX
- SEC CIK: 0000747677
- SEC series ID: S000031152
- Share class ID: C000148124
PPLZX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of DWS Short Duration Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Dws | 3.31% |
| Umbs, Tba | 2.61% |
| Government National Mortgage Association | 2.18% |
| Dws | 1.23% |
| United States Treasury | 1.22% |
| United States Treasury | 1.07% |
| U.K. Gilts | 0.99% |
| Umbs, Tba | 0.94% |
| United States Treasury | 0.90% |
| United States Treasury | 0.87% |
PPLZX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of DWS Short Duration Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 61.0% |
| Securitized | 39.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.7% |
| Equity | 0.6% |
| Loans | 0.3% |
PPLZX Performance
Total returns for PPLZX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.1% |
| 1 year | 4.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 5.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 2.9% |
PPLZX Risk Information
Risk metrics for PPLZX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 1.5%
PPLZX Costs and Fees
PPLZX costs about $34 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.34%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.50%
- Portfolio turnover: 133%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.19 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PPLZX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, DWS Short Duration Fund had net outflows of $4.73M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | −$6.13M |
| 2026-02 | $12.43M |
| 2026-01 | $4.66M |
| 2025-12 | −$8.10M |
| 2025-11 | $7.70M |
| 2025-10 | $28.73M |
PPLZX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of DWS Short Duration Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury | 1.22% |
| United States Treasury | 1.07% |
| U.K. Gilts | 0.99% |
| United States Treasury | 0.90% |
| United States Treasury | 0.87% |
| United States Treasury | 0.86% |
| United States Treasury | 0.86% |
| United States Treasury | 0.86% |
| United States Treasury | 0.85% |
| Ally Financial, Inc. | 0.72% |
PPLZX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official DWS Short Duration Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.