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EEMS

GradeBNew York Stock Exchange Arca

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF

Broad Stock Market · IShares · Inception 2011-08-15 · SEC filings

$75.43−1.11 (−1.45%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:21 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 51 prints from 76.54 to 75.43. Range 75.34 to 76.09. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$75.60$75.80$76.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.72%
Fund size
$390M
1Y return
+14.5%
Yield · Last 12 months
2.79%
Holdings
1698
Volume · 30D
0.1M sh
NAV per share
$76.50
52W range
low $65.04high $79.44

The ETF.net EEMS Grade

B

61/ 100

Rank 12 of 22 in Emerging Markets Stocks⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for EEMS. Scores out of 100: Cost 21, Risk 49, Mission 95, Tradability 77, Holdings 80, Durability 79. Strongest: Mission (95). Weakest: Cost (21). Leans toward Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 61 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    FScore 21
    Category rank18/22 · bottom quartile

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 95
    Category rank9/17 · mid-pack

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 49
    Category rank12/22 · mid-pack

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 77
    Category rank3/22 · top 14%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    AScore 80
    Category rank4/19 · top 21%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 79
    Category rank5/22 · top 23%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on EEMS

ETF.net Research

BMost international small-cap funds live in Japan and Europe. EEMS goes the other way: a basket of roughly 1,700 small companies from emerging markets only, in one ticker. A narrow corner of the world, priced like the specialty product it is.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track an index of small-capitalization equities from emerging-market countries.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Emerging-markets small caps only, no developed-market ballast. Cohort leaders either stay developed (SCZ, SCHC) or blend the two (VSS); EEMS keeps the EM-only mandate intact.
  2. 02Roughly 1,700 holdings, so no single local name steers the fund. Index-tracked breadth in a corner where stock picking gets expensive fast.
  3. 03Live since 2011 and run by iShares, with assets in the hundreds of millions. Established plumbing, not a freshly launched niche ticker.

Worth knowing

  1. 01The fee is 0.72% a year, against a 0.40% median across international small-cap peers. Access to this niche carries a premium over the broad options.
  2. 02Moderately traded rather than household-volume. Spreads can widen, which makes limit orders the practical way in and out on bigger tickets.
  3. 03Distributions land once or twice a year, not quarterly. Fine for total-return holders, lumpy for anyone mapping out cash flow.

EEMS Holdings

As of Sep 22, 2026, 3:22 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
1,698
Top-10 weight
5%
Largest holding
6274.TWO0.6%

Sectors

  • Technology24.4%
  • Industrials17.9%
  • Financials11.0%
  • Consumer Discr.10.5%
  • Materials9.0%
  • Health Care8.6%
  • Real Estate5.7%
  • Cons. Staples5.0%
  • Communication3.0%
  • Utilities2.7%
  • Energy2.1%

Geography

  • Taiwan27.25%
  • India21.17%
  • South Korea14.60%
  • China6.25%
  • Brazil3.46%
  • South Africa3.41%
  • Saudi Arabia3.29%
  • Malaysia2.71%
  • Other countries (23)17.85%

Developed 3% · Emerging 97% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 115.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
0016274.TWOTAIWAN UNION TECHNOLOGY CORP0.63%56,000$2M44
002—BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY0.61%2,368,890$2M440
0036770.TWPOWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTUR0.51%851,000$2M50
0043189.TWKINSUS INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY COR0.51%75,664$2M48
0058046.TWNAN YA PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CORP0.46%51,000$2M50
0063044.TWTRIPOD TECHNOLOGY0.46%108,000$2M60
0072313.TWCOMPEQ MANUFACTURING LTD0.44%237,399$2M56
0083081.TWOLAND MARK CORP0.44%18,700$2M29
0092337.TWMACRONIX INTERNATIONAL0.44%444,000$2M49
0103529.TWOEMEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC0.39%17,000$2M54
0112404.TWUNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES0.37%40,400$1M48
0126239.TWPOWERTECH TECHNOLOGY0.37%158,000$1M60
013COFORGE.BOCOFORGE0.36%72,635$1M46
014028050.KSSAMSUNG E&A LTD0.35%35,702$1M61
0152409.TWAUO0.34%1,358,000$1M51

Showing 1–15 of 1712 holdings

EEMS Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

EEMS$11,446
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. EEMS $11,446. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,353$10,646$11,940Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 EEMS. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodEEMS
Year to date+14.3%
1 month+2.6%
3 months−1.5%
1 year+14.5%
3 years+15.1%per year
5 years+7.3%per year
10 years+8.3%per year

As of the close, 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 EEMS
YearReturn barEEMS
2026 YTD+14.3%
2025+19.8%
2024+3.1%
2023+23.1%
2022−19.1%
2021+18.2%
2020+19.5%

EEMS in the news

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EEMS 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 Sep 22, 2026.
2.79%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$2.14Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.48 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Twice a year

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 21 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Jun 20, 2017 $0.33; Dec 19, 2017 $0.98; Jun 19, 2018 $0.49; Dec 18, 2018 $0.79; Jun 17, 2019 $0.34; Dec 16, 2019 $0.85; Jun 15, 2020 $0.29; Dec 14, 2020 $0.80; Dec 30, 2020 $0.05; Jun 10, 2021 $0.38; Dec 13, 2021 $1.71; Dec 30, 2021 $0.05; Jun 9, 2022 $0.03; Dec 13, 2022 $0.40; Jun 7, 2023 $0.33; Dec 20, 2023 $1.23; Jun 11, 2024 $0.25; Dec 17, 2024 $1.26; Jun 16, 2025 $0.42; Dec 16, 2025 $1.66; Jun 15, 2026 $0.48. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 15, 2026Jun 18, 2026$0.48
Dec 16, 2025Dec 19, 2025$1.66
Jun 16, 2025Jun 20, 2025$0.42
Dec 17, 2024Dec 20, 2024$1.26
Jun 11, 2024Jun 17, 2024$0.25
Dec 20, 2023Dec 27, 2023$1.23
Jun 7, 2023Jun 13, 2023$0.33
Dec 13, 2022Dec 19, 2022$0.40
Jun 9, 2022Jun 15, 2022$0.03
Dec 30, 2021Jan 5, 2022$0.05
Dec 13, 2021Dec 17, 2021$1.71
Jun 10, 2021Jun 16, 2021$0.38

EEMS Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
15.2%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
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.
0.65
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
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.
−27.0%
Trough Oct 2022
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.
0.89
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.

EEMS Cost

Expense ratio0.72%
  • The middle half of Emerging Markets Stocks funds
  • Median 0.56%

15 of the 21 Emerging Markets Stocks funds charge less.

EEMS costs $72.00 a year on $10,000. The median Emerging Markets Stocks fund costs $56.00.