FEMSX Mutual Fund — Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund

Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (FEMSX)

Updated October 16, 2026.

FEMSX is a low-cost Mutual Fund. its distribution rate is 1.86%, its trailing-12-month yield is 2.05%, its expense ratio is 0.01%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 68/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 447.1% over the past 17.8 years, 658.1 points behind SPY at 1105.2%.

Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund is a mutual fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in common stocks of companies in emerging markets and other securities economically tied to emerging markets. The fund uses fundamental analysis to select investments across different emerging markets countries and has a modest current distribution rate with an exceptionally low expense ratio of 0.01%. The fund appeals to equity investors seeking emerging market exposure with a focus on growth rather than income generation.

FEMSX performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 447.1% over the past 17.8 years, 658.1 points behind SPY at 1105.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 23.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 13.5%.

FEMSX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

68 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.26%

Issuer

Fidelity Investments

Asset type

Mutual Fund

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/09/2008

Expense ratio

0.01%

Distribution rate

1.86%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

2.05%

Last close

$29.37 (as of 2026-10-16)

NAV

$32.50 as of 2026-09-30; source eodhd (stale)

Premium / discount

N/A (price 2026-10-16, NAV 2026-09-30) (NAV stale)

AUM

$32,812,360,000

Average volume

0.0

Dividend

$0.603

Ex-dividend date

12/12/2025

Beta

1.02

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.86%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.05%) 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: Fidelity Investments; 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.

FEMSX risks and drawbacks

FEMSX's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are 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 13.5%.

Who may consider FEMSX — and who may not

FEMSX may suit someone looking for low-cost broad dividend exposure. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (FEMSX pays 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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