iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF
$27.44−0.22 (−0.81%)
- 0.60%
- $14M
- +16.4%
- 4.01%
- 0M sh
- $27.75
- low $25.16high $30.79
The ETF.net EMIF Grade
D
Score 35 out of 100
- 26 of 34
Score 35 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.C42 out of 100Rank 19 of 34Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C44 out of 100Rank 24 of 34Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F21 out of 100Rank 28 of 34Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.F11 out of 100Rank 31 of 32Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B60 out of 100Rank 15 of 34
Our read on EMIF
DMost infrastructure ETFs go global or stay home. EMIF does neither: an iShares fund running since 2009 that tracks a roughly 30-stock index of listed emerging-markets infrastructure companies.
The Fund seeks to follow an index of 30 leading publicly listed companies in the emerging-markets infrastructure industry.
Why people hold it
- One lane, no detours: emerging markets only, infrastructure only. The category's best-known names (IGF, GII, PAVE) cast a global or U.S. net instead.
- Rules-based and readable: it follows the S&P Emerging Markets Infrastructure Index, built around 30 leading listed operators, with no manager stock-picking.
- Launched in 2009 under the iShares roof, so the strategy has traded through more than a decade of emerging-market weather.
Worth knowing
- Costs 0.60% a year, above infrastructure peers such as IFRA (0.30%) and IGF (0.37%).
- Small and thinly traded, which typically means wider bid-ask spreads than the category's household names.
- About 30 stocks, so individual names and countries move the needle. It sits in the lower half of its infrastructure peer group on our review.
EMIF Holdings
- Stocks
- 43
- 60%
- SBS
Geography
- Brazil22.46%
- China22.20%
- Mexico17.41%
- Hong Kong13.53%
- Thailand8.08%
- United Arab Emirates5.78%
- Qatar4.42%
- Korea (the Republic of)4.16%
- 1.96%
Developed 14% · Emerging 86%
EMIF Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
EMIF$11,635
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | EMIF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +5.5% |
| 1 month | +4.2% |
| 3 months | +5.5% |
| 1 year | +16.4% |
| 3 years | +16.5% |
| 5 years | +5.9% |
| 10 years | +2.2% |
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 | EMIF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +5.5% | |
| 2025 | +34.0% | |
| 2024 | +1.3% | |
| 2023 | +5.7% | |
| 2022 | −12.6% | |
| 2021 | +3.7% | |
| 2020 | −20.0% |
EMIF in the news
EMIF Dividends
- 4.01%
- $1.11
- $0.28 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
EMIF Risk
- 13.5%
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.
- 0.63
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.
- −23.3%
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.
- 0.76
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EMIF Cost
0.60%
EMIF0.60%
- The middle half of Infrastructure funds
- Median 0.55%
17 of the 33 Infrastructure funds charge less.
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