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iShares ESG MSCI EM Leaders ETF

LDEMNasdaqiSharesA

$56.65+0.30 (+0.53%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

A72/ 100

Rank 4 of 12 in Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index

A72/100Rank 4 of 12inEmerging Markets ESG & Values Index
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 56.35 to 56.65. Range 56.65 to 57.54. Use the arrow keys to read each point.56.5057.0057.2557.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.16%
Fund size
$31M
1Y total return
−2.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
3.14%
Holdings
447
Avg volume · 30D
1.52K sh
52W range
low $55.94high $64.73
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net LDEM Grade

A

Score 72 out of 100

Category
Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index⁠
Rank
4 of 12
Six-pillar profile for LDEM. Scores out of 100: Cost 84, Risk 57, Mission 93, Tradability 44, Holdings 71, Durability 36. Strongest: Mission (93). Weakest: Durability (36). Leans toward Mission.

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 100
    Rank 1 of 12

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A93 out of 100
    Rank 9 of 10

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B57 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 12

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    C44 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 12

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A71 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 11

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    D36 out of 100
    Rank 10 of 12

Our read on LDEM

ETF.net Research

In short

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

  • 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 Performance

Launched Feb 5, 2020

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

Not enough history yet.
LDEM$9,707
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. LDEM $9,707. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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−2.3%
1 month−6.9%
3 months−5.4%
1 year−2.9%
3 yearsper year+14.7%
5 yearsper year+1.4%
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

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−2.3%
2025+32.4%
2024+5.9%
2023+6.5%
2022−22.5%
2021−2.0%
2020+15.6%

History from Feb 12, 2020

LDEM in the news

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 Oct 30, 2026.
3.14%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

See all 13 payments⁠

$10,000 in LDEM 5 years ago paid $1,272 in dividends.⁠

LDEM Risk

Risk pillarB57 out of 100Rank 2 of 12 in Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
13.0%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 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.
0.78
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 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.
−36.5%
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.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

LDEM Cost

Compare LDEM and EMCS

Overpaying vs EMCS, tied cheapest in Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index

$205

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • LDEM 0.16%

    $3,342

  • EMCS 0.15% Tied cheapest

    $3,137

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • LDEM 0.16%
  • EMCS 0.15%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$1K$2K$3K$4K051015202530LDEM $3,342EMCS $3,137

Year by year

YearLDEMEMCSOverpaying
10$292$274$18
20$1,141$1,071$70
30$3,342$3,137$205

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