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Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets ETF

BGEGNasdaqBaillie Gifford FundsD

$20.87+0.36 (+1.77%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

D39/ 100

Rank 6 of 9 in Emerging Markets Active Growth

D39/100Rank 6 of 9inEmerging Markets Active Growth
Intraday session: up, 73 prints from 20.51 to 20.87. Range 20.87 to 21.29. Use the arrow keys to read each point.20.6021.0021.2010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.79%
Fund size
$13M
1Y total return
No data
Yield · Last 12 months
No data
Holdings
75
Avg volume · 30D
13.7K sh
52W range
low $20.51high $25.31
Launched

The ETF.net BGEG Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

D

Score 39 out of 100

Category
Emerging Markets Active Growth⁠
Rank
6 of 9
Six-pillar profile for BGEG. Scores out of 100: Cost 37, Risk 18, Mission not scored, Tradability 63, Holdings 61, Durability 11. Strongest: Tradability (63). Weakest: Durability (11). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 39 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    D37 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 9

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    F18 out of 100
    Rank 9 of 9

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B63 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 9

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    B61 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 9

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    F11 out of 100
    Rank 9 of 9

Our read on BGEG

ETF.net Research

In short

DEdinburgh's patient growth house put its emerging markets strategy into an ETF wrapper in 2026: a concentrated book of high-conviction names, frontier markets in scope, stock-picked rather than copied from the MSCI index.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks capital appreciation through an actively managed portfolio of common stocks and other equity securities issued by companies in emerging and frontier markets. It normally invests at least 80% of net assets in equity securities of companies from countries represented in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

Why people hold it

  • Genuinely active: a 60 to 100 stock portfolio across emerging and frontier markets, with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index as a starting universe rather than a blueprint.bailliegifford.com
  • The mandate reaches past the MSCI EM roster into frontier markets, while keeping at least 80% of net assets in companies from index countries.sec.gov
  • At 0.79%, the fee sits right at the median of its active emerging markets growth peer group. No brand premium attached.
  • The manager is an independent partnership founded in 1908 that has run emerging markets money since 1994, and says it intends low turnover here.bailliegifford.combusinesswire.combailliegifford.com 2

Worth knowing

  • A June 2026 launch with modest assets and light trading so far: little history to judge, and spreads can run wider than in the giant index EM funds.
  • Roughly 70 growth names means results can diverge sharply from the MSCI EM index in either direction, and the objective is capital appreciation, not income.
  • Cheaper active options share the shelf, including FFEM at 0.60% and CGNG at 0.64%, both drawing on longer-running research teams.

BGEG Holdings

Holdings pillarB61 out of 100Rank 5 of 9 in Emerging Markets Active Growth
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
75
Top-10 weight
66%
Largest holding
2330.TW19.8%

Geography

  • Taiwan25.41%
  • China22.25%
  • South Korea18.41%
  • Brazil10.82%
  • India7.04%
  • Mexico3.62%
  • United States2.83%
  • Canada2.40%
  • Other countries (7)7.22%

Developed 3% · Emerging 97% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 5.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
12330.TWTaiwan Semiconductor Manuf Twd 10.019.78%63,566$2.57M176
2SMSN.ILSamsung Electrs Krw 100.0 Gdr 144A12.37%683$1.61M14
3000660.KSSk Hynix Inc Krw 5000.05.81%1,212$755K186
4TCEHYTencent Hldgs Ltd Npv Adr5.40%26,479$702K26
52454.TWMediatek Inc Twd 10.05.24%10,059$681K169
6402340.KSSk Square Co Ltd Krw 500.04.37%1,461$568K111
7PBRPetroleo Brasileiro SA Petr Npv Adr3.70%40,254$481K55
8MELIMercadolibre Inc USD 0.0013.43%493$446K218
9BABAAlibaba Group Hldg USD 0.000025 Adr3.26%7,806$424K75
102345.TWAccton Technology Corp Twd 10.02.85%12,623$371K123
11000333.SZMidea Group Co Ltd Cny 1.02.56%46,400$333K70
12RELIANCE.NSReliance Industries Ltd Inr 10.02.35%45,755$306K58
13FM.TOFirst Quantum Minerals Ltd Npv2.29%22,141$298K89
14688008.SSMontage Technology Co Ltd Cny 1.02.26%21,477$294K68
152408.TWNanya Technology Corp Twd 10.02.23%36,356$290K100

Showing 1–15 of 75 holdings

BGEG Performance

Launched Jun 3, 2026

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BGEG$9,133
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$10,141
Jul 31, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026. BGEG $9,133. SPY $10,141. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,500$10,000$10,500Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026

Jul 31, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for BGEG. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodBGEG
Year to dateFund launched this yearNo data
1 month−10.6%
3 months−8.7%
1 yearFund is under 1 year oldNo data
3 yearsFund is under 3 years oldper yearNo data
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper yearNo data
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for BGEG
YearReturn barBGEG
2026 YTD−17.9%

Since listing, Jun 3, 2026

BGEG in the news

BGEG Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
No dataLast 12 months
Payout per share
No dataLast 12 months

Listed Jun 2026. No distributions yet.

BGEG Risk

Risk pillarF18 out of 100Rank 9 of 9 in Emerging Markets Active Growth
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
Launched Jun 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Launched Jun 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
Launched Jun 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.83
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

BGEG Cost

Compare BGEG and FFEM

Overpaying vs FFEM, cheapest in Emerging Markets Active Growth

$3,357

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • BGEG 0.79%

    $15,174

  • FFEM 0.60% Cheapest

    $11,817

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • BGEG 0.79%
  • FFEM 0.60%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K$20K051015202530BGEG $15,174FFEM $11,817

Year by year

YearBGEGFFEMOverpaying
10$1,405$1,076$329
20$5,331$4,116$1,215
30$15,174$11,817$3,357

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