JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF
$61.69−1.32 (−2.09%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.19%
- Fund size
- $6.7B
- 1Y return
- +15.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.57%
- Holdings
- 95
- Volume · 30D
- 0.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $62.92
- 52W range
The ETF.net BBAX Grade
Score 54 of 100 sits in the C 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.BScore 57Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 68Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 48Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 52Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 30Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 57Category rank
Our read on BBAX
CDeveloped Asia Pacific with Japan deliberately cut out: Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand in one ticket. The region's other half, indexed, at a price below the typical international blend fund.
The fund is designed to provide indexed exposure to developed Asian Pacific equity markets while excluding Japan.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.19% a year, under the roughly 0.28% median for its international blend peer group.
- Japan is excluded by design, so it stacks next to a separate Japan holding without overlap. It tracks a Morningstar developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan index.am.jpmorgan.com
- Plain index plumbing since 2018: about 90 stocks across four markets, quarterly distributions, and a multi-billion-dollar asset base behind it.
Worth knowing
- Four markets and roughly 90 names. This is a regional slice, not a diversified international core.
- Broad ex-US funds cost less for far wider coverage: VEU at 0.04% and IXUS at 0.07%, both including Japan.
- Trading is moderate rather than heavy, so spreads deserve a look at the open and close. It sits in the lower half of its peer group overall.
BBAX Holdings
- Stocks
- 95
- 49%
- BHP.AX
Sectors
- Financials45.3%
- Materials17.2%
- Industrials7.8%
- Real Estate7.0%
- Health Care5.8%
- Consumer Discr.5.0%
- Cons. Staples3.2%
- Utilities3.2%
- Energy2.7%
- Communication2.4%
- Technology0.3%
Geography
- Australia64.44%
- Hong Kong16.58%
- Singapore16.07%
- China1.23%
- New Zealand1.16%
- Bermuda0.51%
Developed 98% · Emerging 2%
BBAX 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 | BBAX |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.8% |
| 1 month | −3.5% |
| 3 months | +4.1% |
| 1 year | +15.3% |
| 3 years | +15.8% |
| 5 years | +7.2% |
| 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 | BBAX |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.8% | |
| 2025 | +20.2% | |
| 2024 | +2.5% | |
| 2023 | +5.6% | |
| 2022 | −4.8% | |
| 2021 | +5.5% | |
| 2020 | +7.9% |
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BBAX Dividends
- 3.57%
- $2.25
- $0.53 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.53 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.48 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.55 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.68 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.49 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.45 |
| Dec 24, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | $0.39 |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Sep 26, 2024 | $0.71 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Jun 27, 2024 | $0.52 |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 22, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.62 |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Sep 22, 2023 | $0.41 |
BBAX Risk
- 13.9%
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.
- 0.81
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.
- −23.2%
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.
- 0.80
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BBAX Cost
- The middle half of Asia-Pacific Region funds
- Median 0.19%
2 of the 7 Asia-Pacific Region funds charge less.