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MEARiShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF

Get income11y track recordRanked #236 of 1,706 in this goal

Seeks to maximize tax-free current income.

By iShares · Launched 2015

Annual Cost

0.26%

#1,247 of 6,040 · low cost

Fund Size

$1.4B

#992 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+1.9%

Track Record

11 years

#1,270 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,200+2.0%

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

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 17.0% of funddiversified

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
90.0%
Cash
10.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
0.8%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-2.7%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
-0.63Below average
Sortino (3Y)
-0.82Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Duration

3.9 years

Avg maturity

10.2 years

Credit ratings

AAA
4.6%
AA
51.8%
A
36.3%
BBB
7.4%

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 2026-09-18