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iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF

EMIFNasdaqiSharesD

$26.40+0.37 (+1.42%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

D34/ 100

Rank 25 of 34 in Infrastructure

D34/100Rank 25 of 34inInfrastructure
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 26.04 to 26.40. Range 26.14 to 26.56. Use the arrow keys to read each point.26.1026.2026.3026.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.60%
Fund size
$13M
1Y total return
+4.3%
Yield · Last 12 months
4.26%
Holdings
43
Avg volume · 30D
2.17K sh
52W range
low $25.16high $30.79
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net EMIF Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

D

Score 34 out of 100

Category
Infrastructure⁠
Rank
25 of 34
Six-pillar profile for EMIF. Scores out of 100: Cost 39, Risk 33, Mission not scored, Tradability 23, Holdings 26, Durability 60. Strongest: Durability (60). Weakest: Tradability (23). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 34 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.
    D39 out of 100
    Rank 20 of 34

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    D33 out of 100
    Rank 26 of 34

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    F23 out of 100
    Rank 27 of 34

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    D26 out of 100
    Rank 29 of 32

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B60 out of 100
    Rank 15 of 34

Our read on EMIF

ETF.net Research

In short

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.

Stated mandate

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 Performance

Launched Jun 16, 2009

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

EMIF$10,434
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. EMIF $10,434. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000$12,000Oct 2025Apr 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 EMIF. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodEMIF
Year to date−0.7%
1 month−1.2%
3 months−1.1%
1 year+4.3%
3 yearsper year+14.9%
5 yearsper year+5.1%
10 yearsper year+1.6%

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 EMIF
YearReturn barEMIF
2026 YTD−0.7%
2025+34.0%
2024+1.3%
2023+5.7%
2022−12.6%
2021+3.7%
2020−20.0%

EMIF in the news

EMIF 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.
4.26%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.11Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.28 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. 20 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Jun 20, 2017 $0.21; Dec 21, 2017 $0.63; Jun 19, 2018 $0.36; Dec 18, 2018 $0.37; Jun 17, 2019 $0.41; Dec 16, 2019 $0.24; Jun 15, 2020 $0.30; Dec 14, 2020 $0.32; Jun 10, 2021 $0.68; Dec 13, 2021 $0.29; Jun 9, 2022 $0.31; Dec 13, 2022 $0.33; Jun 7, 2023 $0.22; Dec 20, 2023 $0.34; Jun 11, 2024 $0.35; Dec 17, 2024 $0.48; Dec 30, 2024 $0.03; Jun 16, 2025 $0.49; Dec 16, 2025 $0.82; Jun 15, 2026 $0.28. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 15, 2026Jun 18, 2026$0.28
Dec 16, 2025Dec 19, 2025$0.82
Jun 16, 2025Jun 20, 2025$0.49
Dec 30, 2024No data$0.03
Dec 17, 2024Dec 20, 2024$0.48
Jun 11, 2024Jun 17, 2024$0.35
Dec 20, 2023Dec 27, 2023$0.34
Jun 7, 2023Jun 13, 2023$0.22
Dec 13, 2022Dec 19, 2022$0.33
Jun 9, 2022Jun 15, 2022$0.31
Dec 13, 2021Dec 17, 2021$0.29
Jun 10, 2021Jun 16, 2021$0.68

— Pay date not on file.

See all 37 payments⁠

$10,000 in EMIF 10 years ago paid $2,677 in dividends.⁠

EMIF Risk

Risk pillarD33 out of 100Rank 26 of 34 in Infrastructure
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
12.8%
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.
0.81
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.
−23.3%
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.
0.76
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.

EMIF Cost

Compare EMIF and IFRA

Overpaying vs IFRA, cheapest in Infrastructure

$5,668

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

  • EMIF 0.60%

    $11,817

  • IFRA 0.30% Cheapest

    $6,149

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • EMIF 0.60%
  • IFRA 0.30%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2.5K$5K$7.5K$10K$12.5K051015202530EMIF $11,817IFRA $6,149

Year by year

YearEMIFIFRAOverpaying
10$1,076$545$531
20$4,116$2,113$2,003
30$11,817$6,149$5,668

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