BEMD ETF — BNY Mellon Emerging Markets Debt ETF

BNY Mellon Emerging Markets Debt ETF (BEMD)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BEMD is an ETF. its trailing-12-month yield is 0.78%, its expense ratio is 0.40%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is -3.4% over the past 0.2 years, 2.0 points behind SPY at -1.4%.

BNY Mellon Emerging Markets Debt ETF is a fixed-income fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds and other fixed-income securities issued by emerging markets entities. The fund does not maintain a regular distribution schedule, though it has made special distributions in the past that should not be assumed to recur; the expense ratio is 0.40%.

BEMD performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -3.4% over the past 0.2 years, 2.0 points behind SPY at -1.4%.

BEMD key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

BNY Mellon

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

08/14/2026

Expense ratio

0.40%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

0.78%

Last close

$23.97 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$22,903,919

Average volume

106.0

Dividend

$0.186

Ex-dividend date

10/01/2026

Payment date

10/06/2026

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.78%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: BNY Mellon or company page; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

BEMD risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window.

Who may consider BEMD — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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