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Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Selection ETF

EMCSNYSE ArcaXtrackersA

$42.70−0.17 (−0.39%)

As of Nov 2, 2026, 3:59 PM ET

A74/ 100

Rank 3 of 12 in Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index

A74/100Rank 3 of 12inEmerging Markets ESG & Values Index
Intraday session: down, 78 prints from 42.87 to 42.70. Range 42.70 to 43.70. Use the arrow keys to read each point.43.0043.2043.4043.6010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.15%
Fund size
$1.04B
1Y total return
+21.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.57%
Holdings
57
Avg volume · 30D
52.5K sh
52W range
low $33.76high $49.45
Launched

The ETF.net EMCS Grade

A

Score 74 out of 100

Category
Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index⁠
Rank
3 of 12
Six-pillar profile for EMCS. Scores out of 100: Cost 84, Risk 57, Mission 100, Tradability 59, Holdings 37, Durability 74. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Holdings (37). Leans toward Mission.

Score 74 of 100 falls in the A 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.
    A84 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 12

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A100 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 10

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B57 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 12

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B59 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 12

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    D37 out of 100
    Rank 9 of 11

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A74 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 12

Our read on EMCS

ETF.net Research

In short

AA screened take on emerging markets at core-tracker pricing: 0.15% a year for roughly 70 names carved out of a global selection index. Cheap enough to sit beside the plain-vanilla EM giants, narrow enough to look nothing like them.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks results generally corresponding, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its MSCI climate-selection index. The index represents large- and mid-capitalization companies across emerging-market countries and applies ESG and climate screens.

Why people hold it

  • Costs 0.15% a year, well under the roughly 0.66% median for its EM index peer group and a fraction of EEM's 0.72%.
  • Rules-based mandate, no discretion bolted on: it takes the emerging-market slice of a roughly 500-stock global selection index screened on climate and ESG criteria.sec.gov
  • Concentrated on purpose: roughly 70 large- and mid-cap names instead of the several hundred in broad EM benchmarks, so the screens actually show up in the portfolio.
  • Live since 2018 and one of the stronger implementations in its MSCI emerging-markets peer group.

Worth knowing

  • Thinly traded next to the EM heavyweights like IEMG and EEM, so spreads can run wider and larger orders push the price around more.
  • Renamed twice since launch (ESG Leaders, then Climate Selection, now Select), each time with index and objective changes. Read the current prospectus, not the old ticker's story.dws.com
  • Cash comes once or twice a year rather than monthly, and a portfolio this narrow can drift from broad EM returns in either direction.

EMCS Performance

Launched Dec 6, 2018

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

Not enough history yet.
EMCS$12,169
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. EMCS $12,169. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$12,000$14,000Oct 2025May 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – 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 EMCS. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodEMCS
Year to date+20.9%
1 month−8.1%
3 months−2.7%
1 year+21.7%
3 yearsper year+26.7%
5 yearsper year+7.6%
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 EMCS
YearReturn barEMCS
2026 YTD+20.9%
2025+38.7%
2024+10.1%
2023+5.7%
2022−23.6%
2021−2.0%
2020+19.8%

EMCS in the news

EMCS 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.
1.57%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.67Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.25 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Twice a year

Distribution history

2018–2026

One bar per payment. 17 payments from 2018 to 2026 YTD. Dec 19, 2018 $0.06; Jun 28, 2019 $0.20; Dec 6, 2019 $0.0049; Dec 18, 2019 $0.77; Jun 26, 2020 $0.29; Dec 18, 2020 $0.16; Jun 25, 2021 $0.07; Dec 17, 2021 $0.39; Jun 24, 2022 $0.32; Dec 16, 2022 $0.21; Jun 23, 2023 $0.26; Dec 15, 2023 $0.47; Jun 21, 2024 $0.09; Dec 20, 2024 $0.09; Jun 20, 2025 $0.16; Dec 19, 2025 $0.43; Jun 18, 2026 $0.25. Use the arrow keys to read each point.201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 18, 2026Jun 26, 2026$0.25
Dec 19, 2025Dec 29, 2025$0.43
Jun 20, 2025Jun 27, 2025$0.16
Dec 20, 2024Dec 30, 2024$0.09
Jun 21, 2024Jun 28, 2024$0.09
Dec 15, 2023Dec 22, 2023$0.47
Jun 23, 2023Jun 30, 2023$0.26
Dec 16, 2022Dec 23, 2022$0.21
Jun 24, 2022Jul 1, 2022$0.32
Dec 17, 2021Dec 27, 2021$0.39
Jun 25, 2021Jul 2, 2021$0.07
Dec 18, 2020Dec 28, 2020$0.16

See all 17 payments⁠

$10,000 in EMCS 5 years ago paid $814 in dividends.⁠

EMCS Risk

Risk pillarB57 out of 100Rank 2 of 12 in Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
17.2%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 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.
1.21
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 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.
−38.1%
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.
1.18
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.

EMCS Cost

Tied cheapest in Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index

$3,137

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

  • EMCS 0.15%

    $3,137

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • EMCS 0.15%
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$1K$2K$3K$4K051015202530EMCS $3,137

Year by year

YearEMCS
10$274
20$1,071
30$3,137

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