DWS Short Duration Fund - Class Inst (PPILX)

Fund Assets	1.14B
Expense Ratio	0.337%
Min. Investment	$1,000,000
Turnover	133.00%
Dividend (ttm)	0.40
Dividend Yield	4.91%
Dividend Growth	-2.05%
Payout Frequency	Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date	Sep 24, 2026

Previous Close	8.24
YTD Return	-0.11%
1-Year Return	1.31%
5-Year Return	13.21%
52-Week Low	8.23
52-Week High	8.52
Beta (5Y)	0.12
Holdings	587
Inception Date	Aug 27, 2008

About PPILX

DWS Short Duration Fund – Class Institutional is an actively managed mutual fund focused on short-term fixed income. Its primary objective is to provide high income while maintaining a high degree of capital stability, emphasizing investment-grade securities across government, agency, mortgage-backed, and corporate bonds with shorter maturities to limit interest-rate sensitivity. The strategy typically allocates at least a majority of assets to bonds rated in the top four credit tiers by nationally recognized rating agencies and spans varying maturities within a short-duration profile. The fund plays a role as a core short-term bond allocation for institutions seeking income generation with lower volatility than intermediate- or long-duration bond funds, and it is positioned within the short-term bond category for benchmarking against 1–3 year government/credit indices. Managed by DWS, it employs broad diversification—hundreds of holdings and modest top-10 concentration—to mitigate issuer-specific risk while aiming for competitive risk-adjusted returns in the short end of the yield curve.

• Fund Family: DWS
• Category: Short-Term Bond
• Performance Rating: Above Average
• Risk Rating: Average
• Stock Exchange: Nasdaq
• Ticker Symbol: PPILX
• Share Class: Institutional Class
• Index: Bloomberg 1-3 Y Government/Credit TR

Performance

PPILX had a total return of 1.31% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 2.99%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
PPLZX	Class R6	0.38%
DBPIX	Class S	0.50%
PPIAX	Class A	0.75%
PPLCX	Class C	1.50%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Sep 24, 2026	$0.03387	Sep 24, 2026
Aug 25, 2026	$0.03232	Aug 25, 2026
Jul 27, 2026	$0.03672	Jul 27, 2026
Jun 24, 2026	$0.03352	Jun 24, 2026
May 22, 2026	$0.03152	May 22, 2026
Apr 24, 2026	$0.03536	Apr 24, 2026

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Last checked:

Oct 16, 2026

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