Brookstone Ultra-Short Bond ETF
$25.22+0.01 (+0.04%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.95%
- Fund size
- $66M
- 1Y return
- +2.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.91%
- Holdings
- 7
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $25.21
- 52W range
The ETF.net BAMU Grade
Score 37 of 100 sits in the D band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 0Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 99Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 34Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 19Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 28Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 41Category rank
Our read on BAMU
DMost ultra-short bond ETFs are cheap index-style cash parking. BAMU goes the other way: an actively managed 0-2 year mix of Treasuries, investment-grade corporates and bond ETFs, priced like a strategy fund at 1.05%.
The Fund seeks current income. It is actively managed and invests at least 80% of assets in U.S. Treasuries and investment-grade corporate bonds with maturities from 0 to 2 years, plus related fixed-income ETFs; it does not seek to replicate an index.
Why people hold it
- Active by design. Managers choose among short-dated Treasuries, investment-grade corporates and fixed-income ETFs instead of copying an index.
- The book has stayed inside the mandate on paper: at least 80% in U.S. Treasuries and investment-grade corporate bonds maturing within two years.
- Short by construction. A 0-2 year maturity band means far less rate sensitivity than a core bond fund carries.
- The stated goal is current income, with distributions on a quarterly schedule.
Worth knowing
- Cost is the trade-off: 1.05% a year, against category giants like VUSB at 0.10% and SHV at 0.15%. At the short end, fees take a real bite out of yield.
- It trades thinly next to the category's household names, so spreads can run wider and order size matters more.
- Young and modest in size: launched in 2023 by a boutique shop, without the record or scale of the incumbents it sits beside.
BAMU Holdings
- Bonds
- 7
- 100%
- IBTG
Sectors
Geography
BAMU Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | BAMU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +1.9% |
| 1 month | +0.2% |
| 3 months | +0.7% |
| 1 year | +2.7% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BAMU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +1.9% | |
| 2025 | +3.2% | |
| 2024 | +4.1% | |
| 2023 | +1.2% |
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BAMU Dividends
- 2.91%
- $0.73
- $0.17 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.17 |
| May 28, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Sep 8, 2025 | $0.21 |
| May 28, 2025 | Jun 4, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Mar 7, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Jan 3, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Dec 6, 2024 | $0.26 |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Sep 9, 2024 | $0.27 |
| May 31, 2024 | Jun 7, 2024 | $0.25 |
BAMU Risk
- 0.3%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- −5.07
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −0.4%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- −0.02
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BAMU Cost
- The middle half of Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds
- Median 0.19%
Every other Cash & Ultra-Short Income fund charges less.