Inspire Global Hope ETF
$48.27−0.51 (−1.04%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $162M
- 1Y return
- +17.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.79%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $48.46
- 52W range
The ETF.net BLES Grade
Score 48 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.DScore 33Category 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.BScore 65Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 41Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 88Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 36Category rank
Our read on BLES
COne of the two funds that launched Inspire's lineup in 2017: roughly 400 large caps from the US, developed markets and emerging markets, screened against biblical values and held in equal slices.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Inspire Global Hope Large Cap Equal Weight Index.
Why people hold it
- Global core in one ticker, with a target mix of 50% US, 40% developed international and 10% emerging markets, equal weighted and rebalanced quarterly.prnewswire.cominspireetf.com
- The faith screen is the whole point: holdings need an Inspire Impact Score of zero or better, so whole industries are excluded by rule, not by a manager's mood.inspireetf.com
- Equal weighting tilts the portfolio smaller and flatter than a cap-weighted global index, and the quarterly reset trims what has run up.inspireetf.com
- Inspire says it gives at least half of its net corporate profits from management fees to ministry projects through its Give50 program.inspireetf.com
Worth knowing
- Costs more than the median fund in its peer group, the price of a niche screen and a worldwide portfolio.
- Trades lightly next to category heavyweights like EEMV and EELV, so the bid-ask spread is worth a look before placing an order.
- Emerging markets are only about a tenth of the target mix, so it sits among EM specialists without being a dedicated EM play.prnewswire.com
BLES Holdings
- Stocks
- —
- 4%
- BBH SWEEP VEHICLE
Sectors
- Industrials19.1%
- Technology14.8%
- Financials13.5%
- Materials10.7%
- Energy7.7%
- Health Care7.7%
- Utilities7.5%
- Real Estate6.7%
- Consumer Discr.6.5%
- Cons. Staples4.8%
- Communication1.0%
Geography
- United States47.73%
- Canada4.12%
- Switzerland4.12%
- Japan3.91%
- Australia3.65%
- Germany3.26%
- United Kingdom2.83%
- France2.32%
- 28.05%
Developed 79% · Emerging 21%
BLES 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 | BLES |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.1% |
| 1 month | −3.0% |
| 3 months | +2.5% |
| 1 year | +17.1% |
| 3 years | +17.2% |
| 5 years | +8.3% |
| 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 | BLES |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.1% | |
| 2025 | +19.2% | |
| 2024 | +5.6% | |
| 2023 | +16.5% | |
| 2022 | −16.2% | |
| 2021 | +24.4% | |
| 2020 | +12.3% |
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BLES Dividends
- 1.79%
- $0.87
- $0.40 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | $0.40 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.22 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 | $0.38 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Dec 23, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Oct 2, 2024 | $0.17 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Jul 2, 2024 | $0.31 |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Apr 2, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Dec 14, 2023 | Dec 20, 2023 | $0.12 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Oct 2, 2023 | $0.15 |
BLES Risk
- 12.6%
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.
- 0.92
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.
- −26.6%
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.
- 0.87
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BLES Cost
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Factor Index funds
- Median 0.45%
6 of the 10 Emerging Markets Factor Index funds charge less.