iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
$82.41−1.49 (−1.78%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.09%
- Fund size
- $165.7B
- 1Y return
- +30.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.14%
- Holdings
- 2860
- Volume · 30D
- 11.7M sh
- NAV per share
- $83.81
- 52W range
The ETF.net IEMG Grade
Score 77 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 84Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 44Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 60Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 76Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 79Category rank
Our read on IEMG
AiShares' emerging-markets workhorse: large, mid and small caps across developing economies in one fund at 0.09% a year, against a 0.66% median for its peer group. Built as a cheap core holding, not a tactical trade.
The fund seeks to track an index representing large-, mid- and small-capitalization equities from emerging markets.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.09% a year while the typical fund in its peer group takes 0.66%. The older in-house sibling EEM charges 0.72% for a narrower large- and mid-cap index.
- Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets IMI, which targets about 99% of each country's free float and reaches into the small caps that large- and mid-cap EM funds skip. Roughly 2,800 holdings.msci.comishares.com
- One of the largest and most heavily traded funds in the category, which typically shows up as tight spreads for the person clicking buy.
- No currency hedge, no ex-China carve-out, no climate screen. Straight cap-weighted emerging-markets exposure, and one of the strongest implementations in its peer group.
Worth knowing
- Emerging markets bring currency, political and liquidity risks that developed-market equity does not, and the prospectus spells that out. Expect a bumpier ride.ishares.com
- Cap weighting means a handful of countries and their biggest companies drive most of the move, even with roughly 2,800 names in the basket.msci.com
- Cash comes back once or twice a year rather than monthly, so income arrives in lumps.
IEMG Holdings
- Stocks
- 2,860
- 34%
- 2330.TW
Sectors
- Technology40.1%
- Financials18.3%
- Consumer Discr.8.4%
- Industrials7.7%
- Materials6.6%
- Communication5.7%
- Health Care3.6%
- Energy3.4%
- Cons. Staples2.8%
- Utilities1.9%
- Real Estate1.5%
Geography
- Taiwan28.42%
- South Korea20.24%
- China16.44%
- India12.17%
- Brazil3.96%
- South Africa2.72%
- Saudi Arabia2.47%
- Mexico1.59%
- 11.99%
Developed 2% · Emerging 98%
IEMG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
IEMG$13,047
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 | IEMG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +25.8% |
| 1 month | +2.9% |
| 3 months | −2.4% |
| 1 year | +30.5% |
| 3 years | +23.9% |
| 5 years | +9.2% |
| 10 years | +9.1% |
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 | IEMG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +25.8% | |
| 2025 | +32.6% | |
| 2024 | +6.5% | |
| 2023 | +11.6% | |
| 2022 | −20.0% | |
| 2021 | −0.6% | |
| 2020 | +17.9% |
IEMG in the news
IEMG Dividends
- 2.14%
- $1.80
- $0.66 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.66 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $1.14 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.71 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $1.16 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.51 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.98 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.48 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.66 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.60 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $1.36 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.47 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.72 |
IEMG Risk
- 15.2%
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.
- 1.09
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.
- −32.6%
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.
- 1.01
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IEMG Cost
0.09%
IEMG0.09%
- The middle half of MSCI Emerging Markets Core funds
- Median 0.66%
No MSCI Emerging Markets Core fund charges less.