John Hancock Investments - Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF
$21.07−0.18 (−0.87%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.39%
- Fund size
- $196M
- 1Y return
- +0.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.91%
- Holdings
- 409
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $21.29
- 52W range
The ETF.net JHMB Grade
Score 61 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.CScore 49Category 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.CScore 46Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 44Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 75Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 60Category rank
Our read on JHMB
BMost funds in this corner of the bond market buy the whole aggregate index. JHMB shops one aisle: hundreds of mortgage-backed and related asset-backed bonds, with distributions paid monthly.
Seeks exposure to mortgage-backed securities and related mortgage instruments by investing in mortgage-backed securities and related asset-backed instruments.
Why people hold it
- A dedicated mortgage sleeve rather than a sliver of a total-market index: roughly 400 mortgage-backed and related asset-backed positions.
- Pays monthly, matching the rhythm of the mortgage bonds it holds, which themselves pass through principal and interest each month.
- Stays tightly inside the mortgage mandate it advertises, with little drift into unrelated bond sectors.
- Standard 1940 Act fund structure. No swaps, notes, or partnership tax quirks wrapped around the bonds.
Worth knowing
- At 0.60% a year, it runs well above the typical broad bond ETF and far above the 0.03% core index giants like BND and SCHZ. Specialization carries a price tag.
- A smaller, lightly traded fund next to the core bond behemoths, so spreads can widen. Limit orders earn their keep here.
- Mortgage bonds carry prepayment and extension risk: homeowners refinance early when rates fall and sit tight when rates rise, so the fund's duration moves with them.
JHMB Holdings
- Bonds
- 409
- 10%
- JH CTF
Geography
- United States100.00%
JHMB 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 | JHMB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.2% |
| 1 month | −1.4% |
| 3 months | −1.8% |
| 1 year | +0.4% |
| 3 years | +5.2% |
| 5 years | +1.0% |
| 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 | JHMB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.2% | |
| 2025 | +7.9% | |
| 2024 | +3.5% | |
| 2023 | +7.2% | |
| 2022 | −10.2% | |
| 2021 | −0.8% |
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JHMB Dividends
- 4.91%
- $1.04
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.09 |
| May 27, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.04 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.08 |
JHMB Risk
- 5.8%
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.
- 0.11
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.
- −14.5%
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.
- 1.03
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
JHMB Cost
- The middle half of Core Securitized Bond funds
- Median 0.40%
4 of the 10 Core Securitized Bond funds charge less.