# EMB (iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF)

iShares · Bond ETFs · Emerging-markets bond · data as of Oct 28, 2026

EMB returned −0.4% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.39% a year and holds $13.2bn in net assets on Oct 28, 2026.

Promise check: Not measured. No other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

EMB tracks the J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond and returned −0.4% over the past year.

## Key facts

- EMB, total return, 1 year: −0.4%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- EMB, expense ratio: 0.39%, as of Feb 23, 2026.
- EMB, holdings: 622, as of Oct 27, 2026.
- EMB, below its high: −3.5%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- EMB, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 5.1%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- EMB, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.4436, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- EMB, net assets: $13.2bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026).

## EMB over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +1.0% |
| 3 months | −1.6% |
| 6 months | −1.3% |
| Year to date | −0.8% |
| 1 year | −0.4% |
| 3 years | +32.7% |
| 5 years | +7.5% |
| 10 years | +29.4% |
| Since launch | +126.9% |
| Since launch, annualised | +4.4% |

## EMB key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $97.74 on Feb 25, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $90.14 on Oct 2, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $91.79, 22% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 622
- Top ten weight: 6.1%

## EMB trading

- IQ Liquidity Score 91, Trades like a giant, 77th percentile of 200 bonds ETFs.
- Trades like a giant: trades at a typical spread of 0.01%.
- $1,000: at least $0.05, 0.005%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- $10,000: at least $0.54, 0.005%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- Full cost to own, 1 year at $10,000: 0.58%, against 0.39% for the fee alone.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 28 close: +0.23%; 95% of days within ±0.45%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 28 close of $91.79, that’s $91.80 to buy and $91.78 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/emb/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Emerging-markets bond | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.39% | 485BPOS XBRL, Feb 23, 2026 |
| Price | $91.79 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Dec 19, 2007 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $13.2bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Its own holdings, as of Oct 27, 2026; no other fund tracks the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Index, the index its prospectus names | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Below its high | −3.5% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 622 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 6.1% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings published for | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |
| Holdings as of the close of | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |

## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026

| Window | Dates | Net flow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$274m |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$37.6m |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$1.2bn |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$2.9bn |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$1.6bn |

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/emb.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has EMB performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EMB returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +32.7%.

### What does EMB cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year.

### How far is EMB below its high?

3.5% below its high of Jun 29, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, EMB, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/emb
Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at <https://etfiq.com/data/>.

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