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EMCS

GradeANew York Stock Exchange Arca

Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Selection ETF

Factor & Screened Index · Xtrackers · Inception 2018-12-06

$47.32−0.96 (−1.99%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 59 prints from 48.28 to 47.32. Range 47.09 to 47.72. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$47.20$47.40$47.6010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.15%
Fund size
$1.1B
1Y return
+43.1%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.40%
Holdings
66
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$47.30
52W range
low $33.31high $49.45

The ETF.net EMCS Grade

A

73/ 100

Rank 3 of 12 in Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for EMCS. Scores out of 100: Cost 84, Risk 54, Mission 100, Tradability 51, Holdings 37, Durability 74. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Holdings (37). Leans toward Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 73 of 100 sits in the A 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.
    AScore 84
    Category rank2/12 · top 17%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 100
    Category rank4/10 · top 40%

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 54
    Category rank3/12 · top 25%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    CScore 51
    Category rank5/12 · top 42%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    DScore 37
    Category rank9/11 · bottom quartile

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 74
    Category rank2/12 · top 17%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on EMCS

ETF.net Research

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

  1. 01Costs 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%.
  2. 02Rules-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
  3. 03Concentrated 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.
  4. 04Live since 2018 and one of the stronger implementations in its MSCI emerging-markets peer group.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Thinly traded next to the EM heavyweights like IEMG and EEM, so spreads can run wider and larger orders push the price around more.
  2. 02Renamed 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.etf.dws.com
  3. 03Cash comes once or twice a year rather than monthly, and a portfolio this narrow can drift from broad EM returns in either direction.

EMCS Holdings

As of Sep 21, 2026, 3:54 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
66
Top-10 weight
54%
Largest holding
2330.TW19.6%

Sectors

  • Technology46.9%
  • Financials29.9%
  • Consumer Discr.8.5%
  • Communication7.6%
  • Materials2.9%
  • Real Estate1.9%
  • Industrials1.2%
  • Energy1.1%
  • Cons. Staples0.0%
  • Health Care0.0%
  • Utilities0.0%

Geography

  • Taiwan40.54%
  • South Korea22.66%
  • China16.93%
  • India6.94%
  • Brazil4.16%
  • United States2.63%
  • Mexico1.87%
  • Greece1.25%
  • Other countries (4)3.02%

Developed 2% · Emerging 98% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 4.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
0012330.TWTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing19.62%2,808,420$218M175
002005930.KSSamsung Electronics Co Ltd10.17%596,878$113M176
003000660.KSSK Hynix Inc7.95%65,578$88M184
0040700.HKTencent Holdings Ltd (CN)4.28%887,818$47M153
0059988.HKAlibaba Group Holding Ltd2.70%2,145,316$30M128
0062454.TWMediaTek Inc2.58%192,577$29M162
0070939.HKChina Construction Bank Corp-H1.58%14,312,244$17M106
0082885.TWYuanta Financial Holding Co Ltd1.57%7,888,435$17M101
0092881.TWFubon Financial Holding Co Ltd1.57%3,667,858$17M100
010HDFCBANK.BOHDFC BANK LTD1.56%2,273,785$17M71
0112308.TWDelta Electronics Inc1.56%316,824$17M154
0122890.TWSinoPac Financial Holdings Co1.52%11,835,606$17M93
0132317.TWHon Hai Precision Industry Co1.50%2,101,537$17M114
014SCCOSouthern Copper Corp1.49%84,376$17M214
0155880.TWTaiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co Ltd1.46%18,884,984$16M76

Showing 1–15 of 56 holdings

EMCS Performance

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

EMCS$14,312
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. EMCS $14,312. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,130$12,039$14,947Sep 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 EMCS. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodEMCS
Year to date+36.1%
1 month+5.5%
3 months−1.6%
1 year+43.1%
3 years+29.9%per year
5 years+10.4%per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—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 EMCS
YearReturn barEMCS
2026 YTD+36.1%
2025+38.7%
2024+10.1%
2023+5.7%
2022−23.6%
2021−2.0%
2020+19.8%

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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 Sep 22, 2026.
1.40%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

EMCS Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
16.9%
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.
1.21
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.
−39.0%
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.
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.

EMCS Cost

Expense ratio0.15%
  • The middle half of Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index funds
  • Median 0.33%

No Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index fund charges less.

EMCS costs $15.00 a year on $10,000. The median Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index fund costs $33.00.