iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Multifactor ETF
EMGF CBOE - exBATS
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Multifactor ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of stocks of large- and mid-capitalization companies in emerging markets that have favorable exposure to target style factors subject to constraints, with a focus on drivers of emerging mark...
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- Fund size
- 458M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.45% per year
- Dividend yield
- 1.18% Yearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 24.8% Above Average
- Beta
- 0.80 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 55.3776.12
How EMGF has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 13Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, EMGF returned +28.5% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +1.5 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±25% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −14.5% on Jul 29, 2026 — 57 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 38% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.80 means EMGF has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average71.54 −1.7%
- 26-day average71.75 −2.0%
- 50-day average71.54 −1.7%
- 200-day average67.29 +4.5%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Emerging Markets · Factors — tracking the MSCI Emerging Market Diversified Multiple-Factor Index.
- Assets under management458MUSD
- Expense ratio0.45%per year
- Holdings261
- Risk score4.6Medium
Launched December 2015. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 12 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 0.83
- Frequency
- Yearly
- Last paid
- Dec 16, 2025
Last 12 months
0.83 USD / shareWhere EMGF shows up
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About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Multifactor ETF
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Multifactor ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of stocks of large- and mid-capitalization companies in emerging markets that have favorable exposure to target style factors subject to constraints, with a focus on drivers of emerging market equity performance: inexpensive stocks, financially healthy firms, trending stocks and relatively low market cap companies
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 261 holdings
- Ticker
- EMGF
- Exchange
- CBOE - exBATS
- ISIN
- US46434G8895
- CUSIP
- 46434G889
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Emerging Markets
- Industry
- Factors
- Benchmark
- MSCI Emerging Market Diversified Multiple-Factor Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 13, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.