Best short-duration municipal bonds ETFs
All 27 funds in this category, ranked by Grade.
| Shares traded a day, averaged over the last 30 days. | Average return a year over the last three years. | The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed, over up to five years. | |||||||
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| VTESVanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF | Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETFVanguard | VTES Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETFA | 80 | 0.05% | $2.4B | 450.4K | 0.0% | +3.0% | −3.0% |
| SUBiShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF | iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETFIShares | SUB iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETFA | 79 | 0.07% | $12.3B | 721.8K | +0.9% | +2.9% | −4.0% |
| TAXSNorthern Trust Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF | Northern Trust Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETFFlexShares | TAXS Northern Trust Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETFA | 76 | 0.05% | $160M | 24.9K | +1.2% | — | −1.9% |
| GUMIGoldman Sachs Ultra Short Municipal Income ETF | Goldman Sachs Ultra Short Municipal Income ETFGoldman | GUMI Goldman Sachs Ultra Short Municipal Income ETFA | 75 | 0.16% | $63M | 18.4K | +2.5% | — | −0.5% |
| VSDMVanguard Municipal Bond Funds - Vanguard Short Duration Tax-Exempt Bond ETF | Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds - Vanguard Short Duration Tax-Exempt Bond ETFVanguard | VSDM Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds - Vanguard Short Duration Tax-Exempt Bond ETFA | 75 | 0.12% | $940M | 215.9K | +0.7% | — | −2.8% |
| JMSTJPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETF | JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETFJ.P. Morgan | JMST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETFA | 74 | 0.18% | $8.0B | 1.3M | +2.0% | +3.2% | −1.2% |
| SHMState Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETF | State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETFSPDR | SHM State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETFA | 74 | 0.20% | $3.5B | 341.1K | +0.1% | +2.8% | −6.2% |
| PUSHPGIM Ultra Short Municipal Bond ETF | PGIM Ultra Short Municipal Bond ETFPGIM | PUSH PGIM Ultra Short Municipal Bond ETFA | 73 | 0.15% | $166M | 34.4K | +2.1% | — | −1.3% |
| SMBVanEck Short Muni ETF | VanEck Short Muni ETFVanEck | SMB VanEck Short Muni ETFA | 71 | 0.07% | $369M | 150.6K | +0.5% | +3.1% | −7.1% |
| EVSMEaton Vance Short Duration Municipal Income ETF | Eaton Vance Short Duration Municipal Income ETFEaton Vance | EVSM Eaton Vance Short Duration Municipal Income ETFB | 68 | 0.19% | $1.0B | 189.3K | +0.7% | — | −2.0% |
| MEARiShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF | iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETFIShares | MEAR iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETFB | 66 | 0.26% | $1.4B | 241.4K | +1.4% | +3.1% | −1.1% |
| CGSMCapital Group Short Duration Municipal Income ETF | Capital Group Short Duration Municipal Income ETFCapital Group | CGSM Capital Group Short Duration Municipal Income ETFB | 64 | 0.25% | $1.6B | 411.3K | +0.9% | +4.1% | −2.4% |
| FTMSFranklin Short-Term Municipal Income ETF | Franklin Short-Term Municipal Income ETFFranklin Templeton | FTMS Franklin Short-Term Municipal Income ETFB | 63 | 0.22% | $218M | 176.5K | — | — | — |
| FUMBFirst Trust Ultra Short Duration Municipal ETF | First Trust Ultra Short Duration Municipal ETFFirst Trust | FUMB First Trust Ultra Short Duration Municipal ETFB | 62 | 0.29% | $262M | 96.3K | +2.0% | +2.8% | −1.2% |
| TAFIAlliance Bernstein - AB Tax-Aware Short Duration Municipal ETF | Alliance Bernstein - AB Tax-Aware Short Duration Municipal ETFAlliance Bernstein | TAFI Alliance Bernstein - AB Tax-Aware Short Duration Municipal ETFB | 62 | 0.27% | $1.4B | 611.4K | +0.5% | +3.4% | −2.4% |
| TMNST. Rowe Price Short Municipal Income ETF | T. Rowe Price Short Municipal Income ETFT. Rowe | TMNS T. Rowe Price Short Municipal Income ETFB | 61 | 0.18% | $22M | 803 | — | — | — |
| AUSMAllspring Ultra Short Municipal ETF | Allspring Ultra Short Municipal ETFAllspring | AUSM Allspring Ultra Short Municipal ETFB | 59 | 0.19% | $33M | 4K | +1.9% | — | −0.9% |
| CALIiShares Short-Term California Muni Active ETF | iShares Short-Term California Muni Active ETFIShares | CALI iShares Short-Term California Muni Active ETFB | 59 | 0.25% | $585M | 148.9K | +1.1% | +2.9% | −1.2% |
| FSMBFirst Trust Short Duration Managed Municipal ETF | First Trust Short Duration Managed Municipal ETFFirst Trust | FSMB First Trust Short Duration Managed Municipal ETFB | 57 | 0.34% | $648M | 185.7K | +0.3% | +3.2% | −5.9% |
| MMSDNYLI MacKay Muni Short Duration ETF | NYLI MacKay Muni Short Duration ETFNY Life Investments | MMSD NYLI MacKay Muni Short Duration ETFB | 56 | 0.25% | $75M | 14.4K | +1.0% | — | −2.4% |
| SMMUPIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund | PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded FundPIMCO | SMMU PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded FundB | 56 | 0.35% | $1.2B | 143.6K | +1.2% | +3.5% | −4.5% |
| PVIInvesco Floating Rate Municipal Income ETF | Invesco Floating Rate Municipal Income ETFInvesco | PVI Invesco Floating Rate Municipal Income ETFB | 55 | 0.25% | $34M | 6.9K | +2.2% | +2.5% | −1.2% |
| TAXXBondBloxx IR+M Tax-Aware Short Duration ETF | BondBloxx IR+M Tax-Aware Short Duration ETFBondBloxx | TAXX BondBloxx IR+M Tax-Aware Short Duration ETFC | 54 | 0.35% | $283M | 51.1K | +1.5% | — | −1.3% |
| ZMUNF/m Ultrashort Tax-Free Municipal ETF | F/m Ultrashort Tax-Free Municipal ETFF/m | ZMUN F/m Ultrashort Tax-Free Municipal ETFC | 51 | 0.30% | $35M | 6.5K | +2.6% | — | −1.0% |
| BKMSBNY Mellon Municipal Short Duration ETF | BNY Mellon Municipal Short Duration ETFBNY Mellon | BKMS BNY Mellon Municipal Short Duration ETFC | 49 | 0.35% | $441M | 62.4K | — | — | — |
| STAXNomura Tax-Free USA Short Term ETF | Nomura Tax-Free USA Short Term ETFNomura | STAX Nomura Tax-Free USA Short Term ETFC | 46 | 0.29% | $11M | 7.4K | +0.1% | — | −2.7% |
| AMUNabrdn Ultra Short Municipal Income Active ETF | abrdn Ultra Short Municipal Income Active ETFAberdeen Investments | AMUN abrdn Ultra Short Municipal Income Active ETFC | 40 | 0.74% | $58M | 4.3K | — | — | — |