iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap
EEMS NYSE Arca
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization emerging market equities.
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- Fund size
- 193M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.69% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.83% Semiyearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 20.9% Above Average
- Beta
- 0.73 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 64.5778.78
How EEMS has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, EEMS returned +18.6% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +3.3 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 ±21% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −13.3% on Jul 29, 2026 — 82 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 25% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.73 means EEMS 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 average76.01 −0.5%
- 26-day average75.83 −0.3%
- 50-day average75.45 +0.2%
- 200-day average72.67 +4.1%
The price is above 2 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 Markets Small Cap Index.
- Assets under management193MUSD
- Expense ratio0.69%per year
- Holdings1,469
- Risk score5.4Medium
Launched August 2011. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 28 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 2.14
- Frequency
- Semiyearly
- Last paid
- Jun 15, 2026
Last 12 months
2.14 USD / shareWhere EEMS shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold EEMS. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization emerging market equities.
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 1,469 holdings
- Ticker
- EEMS
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US4642864759
- CUSIP
- 464286475
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Emerging Markets
- Industry
- Factors
- Benchmark
- MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.