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PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ESG Exchange-Traded Fund

EMNTNYSE ArcaPIMCOB

$98.60−0.03 (−0.03%)

As of Nov 10, 2026, 11:14 AM ET

B55/ 100

Rank 51 of 78 in Cash & Ultra-Short Income

B55/100Rank 51 of 78inCash & Ultra-Short Income
Intraday session: down, 19 prints from 98.63 to 98.60. Range 98.60 to 98.63. Use the arrow keys to read each point.98.6198.6198.6198.6298.6310 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.24%*
Fund size
$260M
1Y total return
+3.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
3.86%
Holdings
253
Avg volume · 30D
16.1K sh
52W range
low $98.29high $99.40
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

*After a fee waiver that ends Oct 31, 2027. Without it: 0.36%.

The ETF.net EMNT Grade

B

Score 55 out of 100

Category
Cash & Ultra-Short Income⁠
Rank
51 of 78
Six-pillar profile for EMNT. Scores out of 100: Cost 24, Risk 52, Mission 100, Tradability 28, Holdings 81, Durability 63. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Cost (24). Leans toward Mission.

Score 55 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    F24 out of 100
    Rank 58 of 78

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A100 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 69

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C52 out of 100
    Rank 29 of 76

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    D28 out of 100
    Rank 63 of 78

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A81 out of 100
    Rank 10 of 77

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B63 out of 100
    Rank 29 of 78

Our read on EMNT

ETF.net Research

In short

BPIMCO's ultra-short cash-parking playbook, run through an ESG screen. An active manager picking a few hundred short-dated bonds, paying income monthly, for a fee above most of the category.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks maximum current income while preserving capital and maintaining daily liquidity, using PIMCO’s ESG investment strategy.

Why people hold it

  • Actively managed, not index-following: the mandate is explicit about maximum current income while preserving capital and keeping daily liquidity.
  • ESG is written into the stated objective itself, so the screen is part of the fund's contract rather than a label on the brochure.
  • Pays monthly, and spreads the job across roughly 190 short-dated positions in a plain 1940 Act ETF wrapper.
  • Launched in 2019, it has a multi-year live record doing this one narrow job rather than a freshly minted backtest.

Worth knowing

  • 0.36% a year is a real bite in a category built on pennies. VUSB (0.10%) and SHV (0.15%) do similar cash-parking work, without the ESG screen.
  • Thinly traded next to the category's giants, so bid/ask spreads can be wider and bigger orders need more attention at the point of execution.
  • Ultra-short bonds are not a savings account: the fund seeks to preserve capital, but credit and rate moves still shift the price, and the monthly payout floats.

EMNT Performance

Launched Dec 10, 2019

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

Not enough history yet.
EMNT$10,394
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,339
Nov 7, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026. EMNT $10,394. SPY $11,339. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Nov 2025May 2026Nov 2026

Nov 7, 2025 – Nov 9, 2026

Returns run to the Nov 9, 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.

Trailing total return for EMNT. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodEMNT
Year to date+3.3%
1 month+0.5%
3 months+0.8%
1 year+3.9%
3 yearsper year+4.9%
5 yearsper year+3.6%
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for EMNT
YearReturn barEMNT
2026 YTD+3.3%
2025+4.7%
2024+5.8%
2023+5.8%
2022−1.3%
2021+0.1%
2020+2.1%

EMNT in the news

EMNT Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Nov 9, 2026.
3.86%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$3.81Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.35 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution history

2023–2026

One bar per payment. 46 payments from 2023 to 2026 YTD. Feb 1, 2023 $0.28; Mar 1, 2023 $0.28; Apr 3, 2023 $0.35; May 1, 2023 $0.31; Jun 1, 2023 $0.34; Jul 3, 2023 $0.41; Aug 1, 2023 $0.38; Sep 1, 2023 $0.40; Oct 2, 2023 $0.43; Nov 1, 2023 $0.41; Dec 1, 2023 $0.43; Dec 28, 2023 $0.44; Feb 1, 2024 $0.42; Mar 1, 2024 $0.40; Apr 1, 2024 $0.42; May 1, 2024 $0.42; Jun 3, 2024 $0.44; Jul 1, 2024 $0.40; Aug 1, 2024 $0.43; Sep 3, 2024 $0.43; Oct 1, 2024 $0.40; Nov 1, 2024 $0.41; Dec 2, 2024 $0.41; Dec 31, 2024 $0.48; Feb 3, 2025 $0.42; Mar 3, 2025 $0.40; Apr 1, 2025 $0.39; May 1, 2025 $0.38; Jun 2, 2025 $0.38; Jul 1, 2025 $0.38; Aug 1, 2025 $0.36; Sep 2, 2025 $0.35; Oct 1, 2025 $0.35; Nov 3, 2025 $0.36; Dec 1, 2025 $0.32; Dec 31, 2025 $0.31; Feb 2, 2026 $0.31; Mar 2, 2026 $0.29; Apr 1, 2026 $0.29; May 1, 2026 $0.31; Jun 1, 2026 $0.32; Jul 1, 2026 $0.32; Aug 3, 2026 $0.33; Sep 1, 2026 $0.33; Oct 1, 2026 $0.33; Nov 2, 2026 $0.35. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Nov 2, 2026Nov 4, 2026$0.35
Oct 1, 2026Oct 5, 2026$0.33
Sep 1, 2026Sep 3, 2026$0.33
Aug 3, 2026Aug 5, 2026$0.33
Jul 1, 2026Jul 6, 2026$0.32
Jun 1, 2026Jun 3, 2026$0.32
May 1, 2026May 5, 2026$0.31
Apr 1, 2026Apr 3, 2026$0.29
Mar 2, 2026Mar 4, 2026$0.29
Feb 2, 2026Feb 4, 2026$0.31
Dec 31, 2025Jan 5, 2026$0.31
Dec 1, 2025Dec 3, 2025$0.32

See all 84 payments⁠

$10,000 in EMNT 5 years ago paid $1,910 in dividends.⁠

EMNT Risk

Risk pillarC52 out of 100Rank 29 of 76 in Cash & Ultra-Short Income
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
0.5%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.01
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−1.7%
Trough Jun 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.02
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

EMNT Cost

Compare EMNT and XHLF

Overpaying vs XHLF, tied cheapest in Cash & Ultra-Short Income

$4,321

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • EMNT 0.24%

    $4,959

  • XHLF 0.03% Tied cheapest

    $638

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • EMNT 0.24%
  • XHLF 0.03%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$1K$2K$3K$4K$5K051015202530EMNT $4,959XHLF $638

Year by year

YearEMNTXHLFOverpaying
10$437$55$382
20$1,699$216$1,483
30$4,959$638$4,321
How the 0.24% is worked out

Full fee 0.36%− waiver 0.12%= you pay 0.24%

The waiver ends Oct 31, 2027. After that the fee is 0.36% unless PIMCO renews it. Source: prospectus, Oct 2026.

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