iShares ESG MSCI EM Leaders ETF
$60.00−0.23 (−0.39%)
- 0.16%
- $33M
- +8.9%
- 2.94%
- 0M sh
- $60.73
- low $55.94high $64.73
The ETF.net LDEM Grade
A
Score 72 out of 100
- 4 of 12
Score 72 of 100 falls in the A 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.A84 out of 100Rank 1 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.C52 out of 100Rank 4 of 12Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C44 out of 100Rank 9 of 12Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A72 out of 100Rank 3 of 11Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D36 out of 100Rank 10 of 12
Our read on LDEM
AThe budget door into strict ESG in emerging markets. LDEM tracks an MSCI index that keeps the best ESG scorers within each sector, and charges 0.16% to do it, well under the going rate in its peer group.
The fund seeks to track an index of emerging-market companies with high environmental, social, and governance characteristics relative to their sector peers.
Why people hold it
- At 0.16%, it undercuts the typical fee in its ESG emerging-markets peer group by a wide margin, so less of a volatile asset class's return goes to the manager.
- Best-in-class logic: companies are judged against sector peers instead of whole industries getting banned, so the sector mix stays closer to a plain EM fund.ishares.com
- The index caps any single issuer at 5%, a real check in emerging markets, where a handful of giants can crowd out everything else.ishares.com
- No cleverness beyond the screen: a straight index build of roughly 400 names, and one of the tighter mandate fits in its ESG emerging-markets group.
Worth knowing
- Small asset base and thin trading volume, so spreads can run wider than on the household-name emerging-markets funds.
- Distributions land once or twice a year rather than quarterly, so income arrives in lumps.
- Sibling ESGE runs the looser ESG Aware screen at 0.25%. LDEM costs less and screens harder, which means a narrower, more exclusionary lineup.
LDEM Holdings
- Stocks
- 447
- 31%
- 000660.KS
Sectors
- Financials25.6%
- Technology23.6%
- Consumer Discretionary11.2%
- Communication9.6%
- Industrials7.4%
- Materials6.9%
- Health Care4.3%
- Energy4.2%
- Consumer Staples3.3%
- Utilities2.6%
- Real Estate1.3%
Geography
- China27.52%
- Taiwan17.29%
- South Korea16.69%
- India9.21%
- South Africa5.46%
- Brazil4.12%
- Mexico2.59%
- Saudi Arabia2.50%
- 14.63%
Developed 4% · Emerging 96%
LDEM Performance
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LDEM$10,892
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 | LDEM |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +4.5% |
| 1 month | −2.5% |
| 3 months | −0.3% |
| 1 year | +8.9% |
| 3 years | +15.4% |
| 5 years | +2.9% |
| 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 | LDEM |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +4.5% | |
| 2025 | +32.4% | |
| 2024 | +5.9% | |
| 2023 | +6.5% | |
| 2022 | −22.5% | |
| 2021 | −2.0% | |
| 2020 | +15.6% |
LDEM in the news
LDEM Dividends
- 2.94%
- $1.77
- $0.50 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
LDEM Risk
- 12.6%
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.
- 0.87
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.
- −37.4%
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.
- 0.82
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
LDEM Cost
0.16%
LDEM0.16%
- The middle half of Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index funds
- Median 0.33%
2 of the 12 Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index funds charge less.
Other funds in Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index
- AESGEiShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETFExpense ratio 0.25%1 year return +30.5%
- AEMCSXtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Selection ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +39.8%
- AEMCRXtrackers Emerging Markets Carbon Reduction and Climate Improvers ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +23.8%
- BEEMXState Street SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Fossil Fuel Reserves Free ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return +31.4%
- BNUEMNuveen ESG Emerging Markets Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.36%1 year return +24.8%