iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Quality Factor ETF
$38.70−0.77 (−1.95%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $13M
- 1Y return
- +37.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.29%
- Holdings
- 289
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $39.25
- 52W range
The ETF.net EQLT Grade
Score 49 of 100 sits in the C 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 71Category 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 36Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 33Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 45Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 27Category rank
Our read on EQLT
CMost emerging-market factor funds blend several signals together. EQLT picks one and commits: quality. It tracks an MSCI index of roughly 300 large- and mid-cap EM companies screened for high profitability, low debt and steady earnings, for 0.35% a year.
The fund seeks to track an index of large- and mid-cap emerging-market stocks selected for high profitability, low leverage, and earnings consistency.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.35% a year, under the median expense ratio for emerging-market factor funds in its peer group.
- One factor, clearly defined: the MSCI Emerging Markets Quality Factor Select Index screens for high profitability, low leverage and earnings consistency. No black-box blending of competing signals.ishares.com
- Roughly 300 holdings across emerging markets, so the quality screen still leaves a broad spread of names rather than a concentrated bet.
- Priced below multifactor EM rivals like JPMorgan's JPEM and Hartford's ROAM, both at 0.44%.
Worth knowing
- Small asset base and thin trading volume. Spreads can run wider than in the giants of the emerging-market shelf, which matters most on larger orders.
- Launched in 2024, so there is no long live record to judge how the screen holds up across a full emerging-market cycle.
- A quality tilt is a deliberate deviation from the broad EM index. Rallies led by cheap, cyclical or heavily levered companies are the ones this screen filters out.
EQLT Holdings
- Stocks
- 289
- 36%
- 0992.HK
Sectors
- Technology34.7%
- Financials19.9%
- Industrials12.5%
- Consumer Discr.8.0%
- Materials7.2%
- Communication4.6%
- Energy3.4%
- Cons. Staples3.4%
- Health Care3.3%
- Utilities2.0%
- Real Estate1.0%
Geography
- China19.16%
- Korea (the Republic of)16.07%
- India15.42%
- Taiwan (Province of China)10.89%
- Brazil7.17%
- Hong Kong6.65%
- South Africa4.41%
- Saudi Arabia4.36%
- 15.86%
Developed 8% · Emerging 92%
EQLT 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 | EQLT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +30.1% |
| 1 month | +0.8% |
| 3 months | −1.9% |
| 1 year | +37.7% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
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 | EQLT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +30.1% | |
| 2025 | +32.1% | |
| 2024 | −35.1% |
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EQLT Dividends
- 2.29%
- $0.90
- $0.28 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.62 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Data unavailable | $0.12 |
EQLT Risk
- 18.1%
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.
- −40.9%
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.
- 0.94
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EQLT Cost
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Multifactor funds
- Median 0.47%
5 of the 20 Emerging Markets Multifactor funds charge less.