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iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (ASX: IEM) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for IEM : $67.970 0.24 (0.35%)+

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM, formerly iShares MSCI Emerging Markets) is an exchange traded fund seeking to provide investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of publicly traded securities in emerging markets, as represented by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the Underlying Index). The fund is managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors.

IEM General Information +

ASX Code IEM
Website http://www.blackrock.com/au/ishares
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 1,270
IEM Share Price $67.970
Day High $68.000
Day Low $67.800
Last Close $68.210
IEM Share Price Movement $0.24 ( 0.35% )
Prices as at 11:20, 31 Dec 2024
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

IEM Fund Information

Equity Emerging Markets
MSCI EM NR AUD
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Investment Fund
7 Apr 2003
$1294.52 million (as at 13 Dec 2024)

IEM ETF performance (30 Nov 2024)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return -3.03 2.27 6.03 12.97 7.86 0.57 2.9 5.08
Growth return -3.03 2.27 5.3 10.8 5.77 -1.44 0.9 3
Income return (Yield) 0 0 0.73 2.17 2.09 2.01 2 2.08

Market index (MSCI EM NR AUD)
Total return -3.07 2.35 6.28 13.85 9.47 1.56 3.98 5.99

IEM Related Research

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
Result 61.4¢ 0% 27 Dec 2024 9 Jan 2025 $67.970 $68.660 -
HFResult 44.43¢ 0% 1 Jul 2024 11 Jul 2024 $67.970 $68.660 -
Result 74.24¢ 0% 2 Jan 2024 12 Jan 2024 $67.970 $68.660 -

See all dividends from iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) Financials $1,271 COMPONENTS OF DISTRIBUTIONS 30 Dec 2024 8:19PM $68.210 $67.970 fallen by 0.35%
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) Financials $1,271 DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN PRICES 30 Dec 2024 9:32AM $68.600 $67.970 fallen by 0.92%
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) Financials $1,271 FINAL DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCEMENT 30 Dec 2024 9:29AM $68.600 $67.970 fallen by 0.92%
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) Financials $1,271 ESTIMATED DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCEMENT 24 Dec 2024 8:19AM $68.660 $67.970 fallen by 1%
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) Financials $1,271 DISTRIBUTION DATES 17 Dec 2024 8:10AM $68.590 $67.970 fallen by 0.90%
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) Financials $1,271 NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING UNITS AND FUND FLOWS 6 Dec 2024 6:45PM $68.000 $67.970 fallen by 0.04%

IEM Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $92.58 $531.70 134.30% 11.40 118.70 2.00% 0.0%
2023A $32.70 $226.90 -116.00% 25.30 115.30 2.00% 0.0%
2022A -$201.58 -$1,419.80 -197.30% 0.00 137.90 2.10% 0.0%

IEM Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A
HMC Capital (HMC) $4,198M 0.0191 0.0000 0.0000 48.8015 0.0000 0.0000 1.18% 0.00% 0.00%
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) $710M 1.3429 0.0000 0.0000 12.9023 0.0000 0.0000 1.73% 0.00% 0.00%
Insignia Financial (IFL) $2,401M 0.6567 -0.2226 0.0203 7.5400 9.6993 9.5061 2.60% 2.23% 6.70%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $7,128M 0.2382 0.2487 0.2325 85.3959 68.3889 55.4878 0.96% 1.21% 1.47%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $5,253M 0.1667 0.1969 0.1911 50.9451 42.5633 35.7330 1.81% 2.11% 2.52%

IEM Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.20 12.80 1.06 0.00
Market 0.28 13.70 1.08 0.86
Sector 0.32 13.10 1.05 0.74

IEM Directors

Name Position Start Date
Mr J Collins Non-Executive Director 29 Jul 2015
Mr M S McCorry Non-Executive Director 2 Dec 2009
Mr A Landman Non-Executive Director 3 Feb 2020
Mr A Telfer Non-Executive Director 12 Dec 2013
I Davila Non-Executive Director 5 Mar 2020

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

IEM Calendar of Events

Date Event
09 January 2025 Div Pay Date

FAQs about iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM)

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF's (IEM) current share price is $67.97. This constitutes a price movement of 1% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -1.91% below IEM's 12-month high of $69.29 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $68.21, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF's (IEM) current share price of $67.97 constitutes a movement of -$0.24 or -0.35%. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF's (IEM) share price movement is -1% when compared to 7 days ago and is -1.91% below IEM's 52-week high of $69.29.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF's (IEM) 52-week high is $69.29 which was reached on 24 Dec 2024. Relative to this, IEM's current share price of $67.97 constitutes a -$1.32 or -1.91% drop since that high of $69.29 per IEM share.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF's (IEM) 52-week low is $57.30 which was reached on 18 Jan 2024. Relative to this, IEM's current share price of $67.97 constitutes a $10.67 or 18.62% gain since that low of $57.30 per IEM share.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF's (IEM) current market capitalisation is $1,270,625,199. Market capitalisation, sometimes referred to as "market cap", is the total value of a company's or ETF's issued shares or units owned by shareholders or unitholders. Market capitalisation is equal to the market price per share or unit multiplied by the number of shares or units outstanding.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) last distribution or dividend was $0.44 per share and was paid on 11 Jul 2024. This last IEM distribution or dividend included 0% franking. The next dividend payment for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) is due on 9 Jan 2025.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Jul 2024

Upcoming record date: 2 Jul 2024

Upcoming payment date: 11 Jul 2024

ETFs, such as iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM), pay distributions instead of dividends. The difference is that dividends are declared by companies from part of the profits made during any given year and the company’s management decide the amount of earnings retained verses how much to pay out to investors. An ETF, like iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM), must pay out all realised income. This is a combination of any dividends received plus capital gains realised from the buying and selling of underlying holdings within iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM).


A distribution has three key dates:

Ex-distribution date: Date the distribution value leaves the ETF. This will normally correspond with the ETF unit price dropping in value by the same amount as the distribution.

Record date: Date someone must be on the unit registry to receive the distribution.

Payment date date: Date the distribution is paid to the unit holder.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) has a franking level of 0%. Franking represents the tax a company has already paid on any profit it distributes to shareholders as a dividend. Only Australian companies pay franking credits therefore you will not see franking on ETFs that invest internationally. For ETFs that are diversified across asset classes, you may see partial franking.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) has a current dividend yield of 1.80% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 2%. The dividend yield for IEM is a ratio that tells you the percentage of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM)'s share price that it pays out in dividends each year. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividends by the current share price.

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