Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF
$67.50−0.77 (−1.12%)
- 0.49%
- $3.6B
- +58.5%
- 1.73%
- 0.3M sh
- $68.77
- low $44.10high $76.90
The ETF.net FRDM Grade
Score 52 out of 100
- 9 of 12
Score 52 of 100 falls in the C 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.D28 out of 100Rank 9 of 12Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A93 out of 100Rank 9 of 10Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C41 out of 100Rank 10 of 12Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B57 out of 100Rank 4 of 12Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D29 out of 100Rank 10 of 11Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B69 out of 100Rank 4 of 12
Our read on FRDM
CMost emerging-markets funds buy the whole market and move on. FRDM tracks the Life + Liberty Freedom 100 Emerging Markets Index instead: a passive, rules-based screen that lands on roughly 100 stocks.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Life + Liberty Freedom 100 Emerging Markets Index using a passive indexing approach.
Why people hold it
- Not the cap-weighted default. A passive index build that ends at about 100 emerging-markets stocks, so the screen actually shapes what you own.
- Trading since 2019 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund, so this is an idea with an operating history behind it, not a launch-week pitch.
- Stays in its lane: a 1940 Act fund holding emerging-markets equity, closely matching the index it names in its prospectus. Distributions come quarterly.
Worth knowing
- The screen has a price tag: 0.49% a year versus a 0.19% median across its emerging-markets peer group, with VWO and SCHE sitting at 0.06%.
- About 100 names, not thousands. Country and single-stock swings land harder here than in a whole-market emerging-markets basket.
- Moderately traded rather than one of the category's volume giants, so spreads deserve a look before you place an order.
FRDM Holdings
- Stocks
- 133
- 53%
- 005930.KS
Sectors
- Technology48.2%
- Financials21.3%
- Industrials7.5%
- Consumer Discretionary6.7%
- Materials5.8%
- Communication3.2%
- Utilities2.1%
- Consumer Staples1.9%
- Real Estate1.7%
- Health Care1.5%
- Energy0.1%
Geography
- Taiwan28.53%
- South Korea24.95%
- Chile13.31%
- Poland10.75%
- Brazil7.89%
- Malaysia4.44%
- South Africa3.94%
- Thailand2.38%
- 3.81%
Developed 0% · Emerging 100%
FRDM 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 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 | FRDM |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +34.8% |
| 1 month | −3.3% |
| 3 months | −1.8% |
| 1 year | +58.5% |
| 3 years | +37.1% |
| 5 years | +19.1% |
| 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 | FRDM |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +34.8% | |
| 2025 | +61.3% | |
| 2024 | +1.7% | |
| 2023 | +22.8% | |
| 2022 | −14.5% | |
| 2021 | +6.1% | |
| 2020 | +16.9% |
FRDM in the news
No ETF.net Research article names FRDM yet.
FRDM Dividends
- 1.73%
- $1.18
- $0.29 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
FRDM Risk
- 21.5%
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.
- 1.43
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.
- −29.2%
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.
- 1.43
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FRDM Cost
- The middle half of Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index funds
- Median 0.33%
8 of the 12 Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index funds charge less.
Other funds in Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index
- BNUEMNuveen ESG Emerging Markets Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.36%1 year return +24.8%
- BDFSEDimensional Emerging Markets Sustainability Core 1 ETFExpense ratio 0.44%1 year return +22.6%
- CEFFEHarbor ETF Trust - Harbor Osmosis Emerging Markets Resource Efficient ETFExpense ratio 0.69%1 year return +19.8%
- DOAEMOneAscent Emerging Markets ETFExpense ratio 1.22%1 year return +48.2%
- FEMSFMatthews Emerging Markets Sustainable Future Active ETF EMSFExpense ratio 0.79%1 year return +40.3%