EEMX ETF — SPDR® MSCI Emerging Markets Fossil Fuel Reserves Free ETF

SPDR® MSCI Emerging Markets Fossil Fuel Reserves Free ETF (EEMX)

Updated October 16, 2026.

EEMX is an ETF. its distribution rate is 0.48%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.94%, its expense ratio is 0.30%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 92/100 (Safe). Total return is 118.5% over the past 10 years, 198.8 points behind SPY at 317.3%.

SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Fossil Fuel Reserves Free ETF is a fund that tracks companies in emerging markets excluded from fossil fuel reserves ownership, holding at least 80% of assets in securities matching its index methodology. The fund offers a modest current distribution rate paid semi-annually, with an expense ratio of 0.30%. It appeals to income and growth-oriented investors seeking emerging markets exposure with environmental screening criteria.

EEMX performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 118.5% over the past 10 years, 198.8 points behind SPY at 317.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 19.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 14.5%.

EEMX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

92 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.44%

Issuer

State Street

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/24/2016

Expense ratio

0.30%

Distribution rate

0.48%

Distribution frequency

Semi-Annual

Trailing yield

1.94%

Last close

$49.50 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$189,760,306

Average volume

4697.0

Dividend

$0.119

Ex-dividend date

06/01/2026

Payment date

06/05/2026

Beta

1.15

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.48%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.94%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: State Street; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

EEMX risks and drawbacks

EEMX's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 14.5%.

Who may consider EEMX — and who may not

EEMX may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (EEMX pays semi-annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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