iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NASDAQ:EMB)

Posted by Stanley Muller on Aug 11th, 2026

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB – Get Free Report) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Tuesday. Investors purchased 25,085 put options on the company. This is an increase of 8,179% compared to the average volume of 303 put options.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:EMB traded up $0.10 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $94.94. 1,799,044 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,350,737. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $95.73 and its 200 day moving average price is $95.79. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $92.87 and a 12-month high of $97.80.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 3rd were issued a $0.4136 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 5.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. SBI Okasan Asset Management Co.Ltd. bought a new stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $650,474,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 15.9% in the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 3,556,458 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $342,416,000 after buying an additional 488,302 shares during the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 66.2% during the 4th quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 2,269,776 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $218,534,000 after buying an additional 904,419 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 5.9% during the 1st quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 2,183,616 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $205,107,000 after buying an additional 122,317 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nationwide Fund Advisors raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 3.8% during the 1st quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors now owns 2,156,276 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $202,539,000 after buying an additional 78,441 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

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iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries. The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.