iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF
$72.64−1.34 (−1.81%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.26%
- Fund size
- $2.0B
- 1Y return
- +33.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.95%
- Holdings
- 711
- Volume · 30D
- 0.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $73.64
- 52W range
The ETF.net EMGF Grade
Score 75 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 92Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 38Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 92Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 49Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 89Category rank
Our read on EMGF
AEmerging markets, sorted by factor screen instead of straight market cap. EMGF holds roughly 700 large- and mid-cap EM stocks picked for style-factor exposure, and charges 0.26% doing it, about half the multifactor EM norm.
EMGF seeks to follow an index of large- and mid-capitalization emerging-market stocks selected for favorable exposure to specified style factors, subject to constraints.
Why people hold it
- 0.26% a year, versus a 0.48% median across multifactor EM funds. It undercuts AVES, JPEM, ROAM and QEMM on fee.
- Roughly 700 large- and mid-cap names, so the factor tilts sit on a broad base rather than a handful of concentrated bets.
- Running since 2015 as a billion-dollar-plus iShares fund, with steady enough volume for routine retail orders.
- On cost and ease of trading, one of the stronger builds in the multifactor emerging-markets group.
Worth knowing
- Factor tilts mean the portfolio can drift well away from a plain cap-weighted EM index, in either direction, for long stretches.ishares.com
- Emerging-market equity carries currency swings and country-level political risk on top of normal stock risk. Volatility here sits at the rougher end of its peer group.ishares.com
- Distributions land annually or semiannually, not monthly, so it is not built as an income drip.
EMGF Holdings
- Stocks
- 711
- 32%
- 2330.TW
Sectors
- Technology40.0%
- Financials19.5%
- Consumer Discr.8.1%
- Industrials7.9%
- Communication5.9%
- Materials5.8%
- Energy3.9%
- Cons. Staples3.2%
- Health Care3.0%
- Utilities2.0%
- Real Estate0.9%
Geography
- Taiwan26.73%
- South Korea20.66%
- China19.94%
- India11.94%
- Brazil3.37%
- Saudi Arabia2.02%
- South Africa1.78%
- United Arab Emirates1.47%
- 12.08%
Developed 2% · Emerging 98%
EMGF Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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.
| Period | EMGF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +28.9% |
| 1 month | +3.2% |
| 3 months | −3.0% |
| 1 year | +33.7% |
| 3 years | +26.2% |
| 5 years | +11.1% |
| 10 years | +10.1% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | EMGF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +28.9% | |
| 2025 | +31.4% | |
| 2024 | +9.1% | |
| 2023 | +10.9% | |
| 2022 | −16.6% | |
| 2021 | +6.7% | |
| 2020 | +10.3% |
EMGF in the news
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EMGF Dividends
- 1.95%
- $1.44
- $0.61 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.61 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.83 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.63 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $1.16 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.39 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $2.11 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.43 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $1.21 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.45 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 | $0.03 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.90 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.34 |
EMGF Risk
- 15.6%
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.
- 1.22
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.
- −27.1%
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.
- 1.02
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EMGF Cost
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Multifactor funds
- Median 0.47%
2 of the 20 Emerging Markets Multifactor funds charge less.