PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ESG Exchange-Traded Fund
$98.52+0.01 (+0.01%)
- 0.36%
- $246M
- +3.8%
- 3.88%
- 0M sh
- $98.46
- low $98.29high $99.40
The ETF.net EMNT Grade
C
Score 51 out of 100
- 58 of 78
Score 51 of 100 falls in the C 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.F12 out of 100Rank 68 of 78Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 66Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C50 out of 100Rank 37 of 75Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D27 out of 100Rank 65 of 78Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A80 out of 100Rank 11 of 77Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B64 out of 100Rank 29 of 78
Our read on EMNT
CPIMCO'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.
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 Holdings
- Bonds
- 247
- 17%
- Us Treasury N/B 09/28 4.75 4.75% 09/30/2028
Geography
- United States63.72%
- Canada8.62%
- United Kingdom6.79%
- Japan6.15%
- Netherlands5.85%
- France3.37%
- Ireland1.48%
- Spain1.48%
- 2.53%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
EMNT Performance
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EMNT$10,381
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | EMNT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.8% |
| 1 month | +0.2% |
| 3 months | +0.8% |
| 1 year | +3.8% |
| 3 years | +4.9% |
| 5 years | +3.5% |
| 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 | EMNT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.8% | |
| 2025 | +4.7% | |
| 2024 | +5.8% | |
| 2023 | +5.8% | |
| 2022 | −1.3% | |
| 2021 | +0.1% | |
| 2020 | +2.1% |
EMNT in the news
EMNT Dividends
- 3.88%
- $3.82
- $0.33 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
EMNT Risk
- 0.4%
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.
- 0.82
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.
- 0.02
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EMNT Cost
0.36%
EMNT0.36%
- The middle half of Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds
- Median 0.19%
68 of the 78 Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds charge less.
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