# IEMG (iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF)

iShares · Stock ETFs · Emerging markets · data as of Oct 28, 2026

IEMG charges 0.09% a year by its prospectus filed Dec 19, 2025 and returned +15.3% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Promise check: Not measured. No other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/stocks/

IEMG tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets and returned +15.3% over the past year.

## Key facts

- IEMG, total return, 1 year: +15.3%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- IEMG, expense ratio: 0.09%, as of Dec 19, 2025.
- IEMG, holdings: 2857, as of Oct 27, 2026.
- IEMG, below its high: −10.1%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- IEMG, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 2.6%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- IEMG, last payment (paid annually), ex-date Jun 15, 2026: $0.6584, as of Jun 15, 2026.
- IEMG, net assets: $150.4bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026).

## IEMG over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (EEM) | Gap to EEM | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | −5.3% | −5.5% | +0.2 pts | +0.9% |
| 3 months | +4.3% | +4.0% | +0.3 pts | +6.1% |
| 6 months | +1.3% | +1.8% | −0.5 pts | +9.1% |
| Year to date | +15.9% | +16.7% | −0.8 pts | +14.1% |
| 1 year | +15.3% | +16.3% | −1.0 pts | +13.6% |
| 3 years | +84.6% | +86.8% | −2.2 pts | +95.0% |
| 5 years | +43.4% | +40.4% | +3.0 pts | +79.8% |
| 10 years | +126.1% | +114.3% | +11.8 pts | +325.8% |
| Since launch | +126.9% | +108.7% | +18.2 pts | +596.9% |
| Since launch, annualised | +6.0% | – | – | – |

## IEMG key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $86.00 on Jun 22, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $64.72 on Dec 17, 2025 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $77.33, 59% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta to its benchmark, 1 year: 0.97, against EEM (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- R-squared, the same days: 1.00 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta and R-squared measured over: 251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 2857
- Top ten weight: 32.7%

## IEMG trading

- Not scored.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 28 close: −0.35%; 95% of days within ±0.76%.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/iemg/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI) | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Equity fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Stocks · Emerging markets | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.09% | 485BPOS XBRL, Dec 19, 2025 |
| Price | $77.33 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Oct 24, 2012 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $150.4bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026 |
| Benchmark | MSCI Emerging Markets Index, measured by EEM, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its shareholder report, N-CSR, Nov 5, 2025 | ETFIQ |
| IEMG, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +15.3% | ETFIQ |
| EEM, the same days | +16.3% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | −1.0 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −10.1% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 2857 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 32.7% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings published for | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |
| Holdings as of the close of | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight | 0.0% | ETFIQ |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 100.0% | ETFIQ |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight | 0.3% | ETFIQ |

## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026

| Window | Dates | Net flow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | $0 |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$883m |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$2.2bn |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$13.1bn |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$20.4bn |

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/iemg.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has IEMG performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IEMG returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Over three years the number is +84.6%.

### What does IEMG cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year.

### What does IEMG hold?

2,857 positions as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, with the top ten at 32.7% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.

### How far is IEMG below its high?

10.1% below its high of Jun 22, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.

### What is the expense ratio of IEMG?

IEMG's expense ratio is 0.09% a year, read from 485BPOS XBRL, Dec 19, 2025.


## Cite this page

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