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MEARiShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF

Get income11y track recordRanked #224 of 1,650 in this goal

Seeks to maximize tax-free current income.

By iShares · Launched 2015

Annual Cost

0.26%

#1,214 of 5,854 · low cost

Fund Size

$1.4B

#933 of 5,854 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

2.84%

Track Record

11 years

#1,257 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,262+2.6%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Fixed income

Strategy

Active selection

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 17.0% of fundwell diversified

Parish of St James
2.3%
Iowa Finance Authority
2.2%
Main Street Natural Gas, Inc.
1.9%
PEFA, Inc.
1.8%
Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp. IV
1.7%
City of Burlington
1.6%
County of Allen
1.5%
Kentucky Public Energy Authority
1.4%
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
1.3%
Loudoun County Economic Development Authority
1.2%

Asset allocation

Bonds
91.1%
Cash
8.9%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
0.9%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-2.7%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
-0.27Below average
Sortino (3Y)
-0.36Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Duration

4.0 years

Avg maturity

10.2 years

Credit ratings

AAA
4.8%
AA
51.0%
A
37.8%
BBB
6.4%

Listing

Exchange
Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to maximize tax-free current income.
Strategy
Actively manages a portfolio of investment-grade short-term municipal securities, primarily U.S. dollar-denominated, with maturities of five years or less. Aims to maximize tax-free current income while maintaining a weighted average maturity of less than three years.
Inception date
March 3, 2015
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-08-04