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Columbia Quality Income Fund (AUGAX)
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Columbia Quality Income Fund (AUGAX)

Mutual Fund · Currency in USD · Last updated May 30, 2025

Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in mortgage-related securities. Its investments in mortgage-related securities include investments in stripped mortgage-backed securities such as interest-only (IO) and principal-only (PO) securities. The fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity and does not seek to maintain a particular dollar-weighted average maturity.

Fund Info

ISIN

US19766J1025

CUSIP

19766J102

Issuer

Columbia Threadneedle

Inception Date

Feb 14, 2002

Category

Intermediate Core-Plus Bond

Min. Investment

$2,000

Asset Class

Bond

Expense Ratio

AUGAX has an expense ratio of 0.89%, placing it in the medium range.

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Columbia Quality Income Fund

Performance

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Returns By Period

Columbia Quality Income Fund (AUGAX) returned 3.40% year-to-date (YTD) and 9.58% over the past 12 months. Over the past 10 years, AUGAX returned 0.90% annually, underperforming the S&P 500 benchmark at 10.85%.

AUGAX

YTD

3.40%

1M

-1.51%

6M

2.05%

1Y

9.58%

3Y*

-0.38%

5Y*

-0.85%

10Y*

0.90%

^GSPC (Benchmark)

YTD

0.51%

1M

6.15%

6M

-2.00%

1Y

12.92%

3Y*

12.68%

5Y*

14.19%

10Y*

10.85%

*Annualized

Monthly Returns

The table below presents the monthly returns of AUGAX, with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
20250.65%3.20%-0.09%1.65%-1.97%3.40%
2024-0.05%-2.24%0.84%-3.51%2.07%1.56%3.57%2.73%1.63%-4.11%1.43%-2.04%1.54%
20233.43%-3.30%2.30%0.58%-1.39%-1.18%-0.11%-1.12%-3.25%-2.47%5.87%5.14%4.04%
2022-1.41%-1.01%-3.94%-3.24%0.56%-2.42%3.42%-3.99%-6.80%-3.07%4.58%-0.72%-17.09%
20211.09%0.67%0.25%0.11%-0.09%-0.31%0.21%-0.15%-0.48%-0.88%-0.13%-0.40%-0.14%
20201.08%1.60%-5.25%1.69%1.66%1.84%0.75%1.28%0.29%0.16%0.75%0.74%6.58%
20190.78%0.06%1.73%0.07%1.54%0.43%0.43%1.14%-0.32%0.38%0.18%0.00%6.59%
2018-0.65%-0.67%0.41%-0.36%0.96%0.00%-0.21%0.73%-0.77%-0.59%1.12%1.61%1.59%
2017-0.02%0.72%0.00%0.92%0.75%-0.33%0.40%0.40%0.06%-0.11%-0.09%0.28%3.03%
20160.76%-0.18%0.74%0.55%0.18%1.08%-0.02%-0.02%0.71%-0.02%-1.72%0.17%2.22%
20150.56%0.40%0.23%0.41%0.05%-0.31%0.22%0.04%0.04%-0.14%-0.40%0.02%1.12%
20141.17%0.42%-0.29%0.98%0.98%0.04%-0.33%0.39%0.18%1.10%0.73%0.02%5.51%
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Risk-Adjusted Performance

Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank

The current rank of AUGAX is 68, indicating average performance compared to other mutual funds on our website. Here’s a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.

The Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank of AUGAX is 6868
Overall Rank
The Sharpe Ratio Rank of AUGAX is 8383
Sharpe Ratio Rank
The Sortino Ratio Rank of AUGAX is 8383
Sortino Ratio Rank
The Omega Ratio Rank of AUGAX is 7777
Omega Ratio Rank
The Calmar Ratio Rank of AUGAX is 4242
Calmar Ratio Rank
The Martin Ratio Rank of AUGAX is 5353
Martin Ratio Rank
The risk-adjusted ranks indicate the investment's position relative to the market. A rank closer to 100 signifies top-performing investments, while a rank closer to 0 might suggest underperformance, based on the selected ratio. The values are calculated based on the past 12 months of returns.

Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators

The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for Columbia Quality Income Fund (AUGAX) and compare them to a chosen benchmark (^GSPC). These indicators evaluate an investment's returns against its associated risks.

The Sharpe ratio helps investors understand how much return they're getting for the level of risk taken. A higher Sharpe ratio indicates better risk-adjusted performance, meaning more reward for each unit of risk.

Columbia Quality Income Fund Sharpe ratios as of May 30, 2025 (values are recalculated daily):

  • 1-Year: 1.26
  • 5-Year: -0.11
  • 10-Year: 0.16
  • All Time: 0.65

These values reflect how efficiently the investment has delivered returns relative to its volatility over different time periods. All figures are annualized and based on daily total returns (including price changes and dividends).

The chart below shows the rolling Sharpe ratio of Columbia Quality Income Fund compared to the selected benchmark. This view highlights how the investment's risk-adjusted performance has changed over time.

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Dividends

Dividend History

Columbia Quality Income Fund provided a 3.73% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $0.67 per share. The fund has been increasing its distributions for 3 consecutive years.

2.00%2.50%3.00%3.50%4.00%4.50%$0.00$0.20$0.40$0.60$0.80$1.0020142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Dividends
Dividend Yield
PeriodTTM20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Dividend$0.67$0.69$0.64$0.51$0.48$1.08$0.60$0.53$0.57$0.56$0.65$0.57

Dividend yield

3.73%3.93%3.59%2.85%2.15%4.75%2.69%2.48%2.62%2.59%2.99%2.57%

Monthly Dividends

The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for Columbia Quality Income Fund. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2025$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.00$0.21
2024$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.05$0.05$0.69
2023$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.07$0.64
2022$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.04$0.04$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.09$0.51
2021$0.06$0.05$0.05$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.48
2020$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.05$0.05$0.21$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.39$1.08
2019$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.05$0.05$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.60
2018$0.06$0.06$0.05$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.06$0.53
2017$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.06$0.06$0.57
2016$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.14$0.04$0.56
2015$0.04$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.11$0.04$0.65
2014$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.57

Drawdowns

Drawdowns Chart

The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way. Drawdowns are calculated considering price movements and all distributions paid, if any.

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Worst Drawdowns

The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the Columbia Quality Income Fund. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.

The maximum drawdown for the Columbia Quality Income Fund was 25.11%, occurring on Oct 25, 2023. The portfolio has not yet recovered.

The current Columbia Quality Income Fund drawdown is 11.56%.

Depth

Start

To Bottom

Bottom

To Recover

End

Total

-25.11%May 4, 2021625Oct 25, 2023———
-8%Mar 10, 202012Mar 25, 2020110Aug 31, 2020122
-6.41%Feb 7, 2008200Nov 20, 2008126May 26, 2009326
-3.43%Apr 8, 2013106Sep 5, 2013163Apr 30, 2014269
-3.01%Mar 11, 200441May 7, 200462Aug 6, 2004103
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Volatility

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The chart below shows the rolling one-month volatility.

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