Muni ETF Overview

Muni bond ETFs invest in municipal bonds. These bonds are issued by a local government or territory, or their agencies. One of the attractive features of municipal bonds is that interest income is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes.

Municipal bond ETFs are part of the following ETF.com market segments:

With 71 ETFs traded on the U.S. markets, Muni ETFs have total assets under management of $80.27B. The average expense ratio is 0.31%. Muni ETFs can be found in the following asset classes:

  • Fixed Income

The largest Muni ETF is the iShares National Muni Bond ETF MUB with $32.12B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Muni ETF was JMST at 1.56%. The most recent ETF launched in the Muni space was the Goldman Sachs Community Municipal Bond ETF GMUN on 03/07/23.

Top ETF Performers

PWZ Invesco California AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF 1.99%
RVNU Xtrackers Municipal Infrastructure Revenue Bond ETF 1.60%
MUST Columbia Multi-Sector Municipal Income ETF 1.31%
CMF iShares California Muni Bond ETF 1.31%
TFI SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Municipal Bond ETF 1.27%

Bottom ETF Performers

XMPT VanEck CEF Muni Income ETF -1.24%
HYMB SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg High Yield Municipal Bond ETF -0.65%
FMHI First Trust Municipal High Income ETF -0.46%
HYD VanEck High Yield Muni ETF -0.25%
IMSI Invesco Municipal Strategic Income ETF -0.23%

Top Creations

TAFI AB Tax-Aware Short Duration Municipal ETF 40.13
JMUB JPMorgan Municipal ETF 37.67
FSMB First Trust Short Duration Managed Municipal ETF 19.87
MLN VanEck Long Muni ETF 17.86
PZA Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF 17.73

Top Redemptions

SUB iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF -693.99
HYD VanEck High Yield Muni ETF -211.18
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF -163.50
SHM SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Short Term Municipal Bond ETF -121.86
JMST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETF -88.56

AUM Winners

TAFI AB Tax-Aware Short Duration Municipal ETF 31.58%
AVMU Avantis Core Municipal Fixed Income ETF 16.22%
CGMU Capital Group Municipal Income ETF 14.48%
BSMV Invesco BulletShares 2031 Municipal Bond ETF 11.90%
SCMB Schwab Municipal Bond ETF 11.47%

AUM Losers

HYD VanEck High Yield Muni ETF -5.96%
SHM SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Short Term Municipal Bond ETF -4.05%
HYMB SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg High Yield Municipal Bond ETF -4.05%
SUB iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF -3.79%
TFI SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Municipal Bond ETF -3.47%

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