Bluemonte Short Term Bond ETF
$24.47−0.13 (−0.55%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.28%
- Fund size
- $170M
- 1Y return
- +0.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.85%
- Holdings
- 3
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $24.61
- 52W range
The ETF.net BLST Grade
Score 58 of 100 sits in the B 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 60Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 92Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 59Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 26Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.FScore 22Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 39Category rank
Our read on BLST
BAn actively managed short-duration bond fund that gets there by owning other funds, priced below the typical bond ETF and paying monthly. A 2025 arrival working the calm end of the curve while its cohort giants buy the whole market.
The Fund seeks total return and income. It is actively managed and obtains at least 80% bond exposure, primarily through underlying funds holding short-duration debt securities.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.25% a year against a 0.36% median for its bond cohort, and that buys an active manager rather than an index sleeve.
- Short duration by mandate: at least 80% bond exposure, held through funds owning short-dated debt, the corner of the market that moves least when rates swing.
- Distributions arrive monthly rather than quarterly, so income lands on a bill-paying rhythm.
- What is inside matches what the prospectus describes: an active short-duration book, with little drift toward the long end.
Worth knowing
- It is a fund of funds. You own a basket of other bond funds rather than the bonds themselves, which puts a layer between you and the actual credits.
- The filings disclose that payouts can include return of capital, meaning part of a monthly distribution may be your own money coming back.
- Launched in 2025 and still a small, lightly traded fund, so spreads matter more here than at cohort index giants like BND and SCHZ, which charge 0.03%.
BLST Holdings
- Bonds
- 3
- 100%
- BSV
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
BLST 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 | BLST |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.3% |
| 1 month | −0.8% |
| 3 months | −0.6% |
| 1 year | +0.8% |
| 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 | BLST |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.3% | |
| 2025 | +2.9% |
BLST in the news
ETF.net Research hasn’t filed on BLST yet — coverage lands here as it’s written.
BLST Dividends
- 3.85%
- $0.95
- $0.08 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.08 |
| May 27, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 | $0.08 |
BLST Risk
- 1.8%
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.
- −0.71
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.
- −1.7%
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.
- 0.05
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BLST Cost
- The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
- Median 0.34%
41 of the 112 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.