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LDEM

GradeANASDAQ Global Market

iShares ESG MSCI EM Leaders ETF

Factor & Screened Index · IShares · Inception 2020-02-04 · SEC filings

$61.45−1.23 (−1.97%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 56 prints from 62.68 to 61.45. Range 61.22 to 61.87. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$61.20$61.60$61.8010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.16%
Fund size
$34M
1Y return
+9.5%
Yield · Last 12 months
2.82%
Holdings
425
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$62.52
52W range
low $55.94high $64.73

The ETF.net LDEM Grade

A

71/ 100

Rank 4 of 12 in Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for LDEM. Scores out of 100: Cost 84, Risk 51, Mission 93, Tradability 42, Holdings 72, Durability 36. Strongest: Mission (93). Weakest: Durability (36). Leans toward Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 71 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 84
    Category rank4/12 · top 33%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 93
    Category rank10/10 · bottom quartile

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 51
    Category rank5/12 · top 42%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    CScore 42
    Category rank8/12 · mid-pack

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    AScore 72
    Category rank4/11 · top 36%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    DScore 36
    Category rank10/12 · bottom quartile

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on LDEM

ETF.net Research

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.

Stated mandate

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

  1. 01At 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.
  2. 02Best-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
  3. 03The 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
  4. 04No 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

  1. 01Small asset base and thin trading volume, so spreads can run wider than on the household-name emerging-markets funds.
  2. 02Distributions land once or twice a year rather than quarterly, so income arrives in lumps.
  3. 03Sibling 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

As of Sep 22, 2026, 4:31 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
425
Top-10 weight
30%
Largest holding
000660.KS6.2%

Sectors

  • Financials26.1%
  • Technology21.9%
  • Consumer Discr.11.6%
  • Communication10.1%
  • Industrials7.4%
  • Materials7.2%
  • Energy4.4%
  • Health Care4.1%
  • Cons. Staples3.4%
  • Utilities2.5%
  • Real Estate1.3%

Geography

  • China27.74%
  • Korea (the Republic of)16.37%
  • Taiwan (Province of China)16.18%
  • India9.55%
  • South Africa6.00%
  • Brazil3.53%
  • Mexico2.71%
  • Saudi Arabia2.54%
  • Other countries (22)15.38%

Developed 4% · Emerging 96% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 30.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001000660.KSSK HYNIX6.16%1,544$2M184
0022330.TWTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING5.29%23,000$2M175
0030700.HKTENCENT HOLDINGS4.62%29,100$2M153
0049988.HKALIBABA GROUP HOLDING4.33%104,716$1M128
0052308.TWDELTA ELECTRONICS2.26%13,905$760K154
0060939.HKCHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H2.15%593,000$725K106
007RELIANCE.BORELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD1.54%40,485$518K71
008402340.KSSK SQUARE1.51%652$509K111
0091398.HKINDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF1.30%458,000$438K100
010009150.KSSAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD1.17%392$394K112
0112303.TWUNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP1.17%80,000$393K112
0123690.HKMEITUAN0.98%35,400$330K104
013ITUB4.SAITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA0.93%38,192$313K83
014105560.KSKB FINANCIAL GROUP0.89%2,357$298K99
0152318.HKPING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) CO OF CH0.88%43,500$295K107

Showing 1–15 of 448 holdings

LDEM Performance

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

LDEM$10,945
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. LDEM $10,945. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,353$10,646$11,940Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for LDEM. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodLDEM
Year to date+8.7%
1 month+2.3%
3 months+0.3%
1 year+9.5%
3 years+16.7%per year
5 years+3.6%per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, 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 LDEM
YearReturn barLDEM
2026 YTD+8.7%
2025+32.4%
2024+5.9%
2023+6.5%
2022−22.5%
2021−2.0%
2020+15.6%

History from Feb 12, 2020

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LDEM 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 Sep 22, 2026.
2.82%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.77Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.50 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Twice a year

Distribution history

2020–2026

One bar per payment. 13 payments from 2020 to 2026 YTD. Jun 15, 2020 $0.35; Dec 14, 2020 $0.78; Jun 10, 2021 $0.25; Dec 13, 2021 $0.80; Jun 9, 2022 $0.41; Dec 13, 2022 $1.69; Jun 7, 2023 $0.34; Dec 20, 2023 $1.07; Jun 11, 2024 $0.35; Dec 17, 2024 $0.85; Jun 16, 2025 $0.62; Dec 16, 2025 $1.27; Jun 15, 2026 $0.50. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 15, 2026Jun 18, 2026$0.50
Dec 16, 2025Dec 19, 2025$1.27
Jun 16, 2025Jun 20, 2025$0.62
Dec 17, 2024Dec 20, 2024$0.85
Jun 11, 2024Jun 17, 2024$0.35
Dec 20, 2023Dec 27, 2023$1.07
Jun 7, 2023Jun 13, 2023$0.34
Dec 13, 2022Dec 19, 2022$1.69
Jun 9, 2022Jun 15, 2022$0.41
Dec 13, 2021Dec 17, 2021$0.80
Jun 10, 2021Jun 16, 2021$0.25
Dec 14, 2020Dec 18, 2020$0.78

LDEM Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
12.7%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 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.
0.84
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 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.
−37.4%
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.
0.82
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.

LDEM Cost

Expense ratio0.16%
  • 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.

LDEM costs $16.00 a year on $10,000. The median Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index fund costs $33.00.