iShares J.P. Morgan Broad USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF
$51.73−0.42 (−0.81%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.15%
- Fund size
- $42M
- 1Y return
- +3.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 6.94%
- Holdings
- 257
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $51.92
- 52W range
The ETF.net BEMB Grade
Score 74 of 100 sits in the A 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.AScore 97Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 93Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 54Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 17Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 84Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 54Category rank
Our read on BEMB
AOne ticker for the US-dollar emerging-market bond market: sovereign, quasi-sovereign and corporate issuers in a single index fund, priced at 0.15% a year.
The fund seeks to track an index of U.S.-dollar-denominated bonds issued by emerging-market sovereign, quasi-sovereign, and corporate entities.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.15% a year, well below the typical fee in its peer group, and cost is the piece of a bond fund's return you actually control.
- Government, quasi-government and company debt sit inside one J.P. Morgan credit index (roughly 300 bonds) instead of three separate sleeves you stitch together.
- Every bond is dollar-denominated, so local currency moves don't get layered on top of the credit call. Income is paid monthly.
- Cheap, broad and backed by iShares plumbing, it lands in the upper half of its emerging-markets cohort.
Worth knowing
- Small and thinly traded. Limit orders and a glance at the spread matter more here than with the giant EM bond funds.
- Dollar pricing strips out currency translation, not credit risk. EM sovereign and corporate spreads can move sharply when risk appetite turns.
- Launched in 2023, so the record is short by bond-fund standards and covers only a slice of a full credit cycle.
BEMB Holdings
- Bonds
- 257
- 7%
- ANGOLA (REPUBLIC OF) MTN RegS 8.75% 04/14/2032
Geography
- Cayman Islands6.67%
- Mexico4.74%
- Turkey3.69%
- Hong Kong3.35%
- United Kingdom3.28%
- Indonesia3.00%
- Philippines2.85%
- Chile2.77%
- 69.66%
Developed 14% · Emerging 86%
BEMB 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 | BEMB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.7% |
| 1 month | −0.8% |
| 3 months | −1.0% |
| 1 year | +3.0% |
| 3 years | +8.6% |
| 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 | BEMB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.7% | |
| 2025 | +12.3% | |
| 2024 | +5.5% | |
| 2023 | +8.9% |
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BEMB Dividends
- 6.94%
- $3.62
- $0.27 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.27 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.26 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.68 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.27 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.26 |
BEMB Risk
- 6.1%
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.
- 0.61
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.
- −6.2%
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.
- 0.92
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BEMB Cost
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Bonds (US Dollar) funds
- Median 0.40%
No Emerging Markets Bonds (US Dollar) fund charges less.