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EFFE vs LDEM

Harbor Osmosis Emerging Markets Resource Efficient ETF

EFFECNYSE Arca

iShares ESG MSCI EM Leaders ETF

LDEMANasdaq

Overlap

Expense ratio

LDEM −0.53pt a year

EFFE0.69%LDEM0.16%

Avg volume · 30D

LDEM 9.3×the volume

EFFE164LDEM1.52K

EFFE vs LDEM Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

+4.0%EFFE−2.9%LDEM

Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. EFFE +4.0%. LDEM −2.9%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.10%15%20%25%Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026
Expense ratio
EFFE 0.69%
LDEM 0.16%, better
Fund size
EFFE $128M
LDEM $31M
1Y total return
EFFE +4.0%, better
LDEM −2.9%
Yield (12M)
EFFE No data
LDEM 3.14%
Holdings
EFFE 110
LDEM 447
Avg volume (30D)
EFFE 164 sh
LDEM 1.52K sh, better
NAV per share
EFFE $24.77
LDEM $56.26
52W range

ETF.net Grade

EFFE: Cost 19, Risk 30, Mission 94, Tradability 12, Holdings 100, Durability 24. LDEM: Cost 84, Risk 57, Mission 93, Tradability 44, Holdings 71, Durability 36.
Pillar letters and Scores for EFFE, LDEM, with each pillar’s weight
PillarEFFELDEM
Cost30% weightF19A84Higher
Mission25% weightA94HigherA93
Risk15% weightD30B57Higher
Tradability15% weightF12C44Higher
Holdings10% weightA100HigherA71
Durability5% weightF24D36Higher

Rank among Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index funds

How we build Categories ›
Same Category. Both funds are graded against the same funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Same Category. EFFE and LDEM are both graded against the same 12 Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index⁠

Category · 12 funds
See all 12 ›

LDEM ranks 4th and EFFE 10th of 12 funds in the Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index Category.

  1. Rank 1AEMXFiShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETFScore 79
  2. Rank 2AESGEiShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETFScore 76
  3. Rank 3AEMCSXtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Selection ETFScore 74
  4. Rank 4ALDEMiShares ESG MSCI EM Leaders ETFScore 72
  5. Rank 5AEMCRXtrackers Emerging Markets Carbon Reduction and Climate Improvers ETFScore 71
  6. Rank 9CFRDMFreedom 100 Emerging Markets ETFScore 53
  7. Rank 10CEFFEHarbor Osmosis Emerging Markets Resource Efficient ETFScore 46
  8. Rank 11FOAEMOneAscent Emerging Markets ETFScore 23

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

EFFECHarbor Osmosis Emerging Markets Resource Efficient ETF

LDEMAiShares ESG MSCI EM Leaders ETF

In short

EFFE No data

LDEM The 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

EFFE No data

LDEM 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

EFFE No data

  • LDEM 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

EFFE No data

  • LDEM 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.

Full EFFE profile⁠

Full LDEM profile⁠

EFFE vs LDEM Holdings

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

EFFE vs LDEM Cost

Overpaying EFFE vs LDEM

$10,087

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

  • EFFE 0.69%

    $13,429

  • LDEM 0.16%

    $3,342

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • EFFE 0.69%
  • LDEM 0.16%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K051015202530EFFE $13,429LDEM $3,342

Year by year

YearEFFELDEMOverpaying
10$1,232$292$940
20$4,697$1,141$3,556
30$13,429$3,342$10,087

Expense ratio

  • 0.69%EFFE
  • 0.16%LDEM, cheaper
  • Middle half of Emerging Markets ESG & Values Index funds
  • Median 0.33%

LDEM 3rd cheapest of 12 funds

EFFE 10th cheapest of 12 funds

EFFE vs LDEM Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026
Yield (12M)
EFFE No data
LDEM 3.14%
Payout (12M)
EFFE No data
LDEM $1.77
Last payment
EFFE $0.70
LDEM $0.50
Ex-dividend
EFFE Dec 19, 2025
LDEM Jun 15, 2026
Paid on
EFFE Dec 24, 2025
LDEM Jun 18, 2026
Frequency
EFFE Irregular
LDEM Twice a year

Distribution history

Per share, 2020 to 2026, same scale for both

EFFEIrregular · 1 paymentAll EFFE payments⁠
One bar per payment. 1 payment from 2020 to 2026 YTD. Dec 19, 2025 $0.70. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$1202020232026YTD
LDEMTwice a year · 13 paymentsAll LDEM payments⁠
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.$0$1202020232026YTD

EFFE vs LDEM Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years
EFFE 21.8%since Jan 2025LDEM 13.0%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years
EFFE 0.52since Jan 2025LDEM 0.78
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years
EFFE −17.6%since Dec 2024LDEM −36.5%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
EFFE 1.10LDEM 0.82

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