TEI CEF — Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund

Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund (TEI)

Updated November 12, 2026.

TEI is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 10.66%, its trailing-12-month yield is 14.88%, its expense ratio is 1.1054%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 72/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 903.0% over the past 33.1 years, 1955.6 points behind SPY at 2858.6%.

At the current 10.66% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $1,066 per year, or $88.83 per month.

Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund is a closed-end fund that invests in fixed income securities issued by sovereign, sovereign-related, and private sector entities across emerging market countries, benchmarking against the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index. The fund pays distributions monthly and currently maintains a high distribution rate. This fund appeals to income-focused investors seeking yield from emerging market debt exposure.

TEI performance versus SPY

As of Nov 12, 2026

Total return is 903.0% over the past 33.1 years, 1955.6 points behind SPY at 2858.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 7.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 14.5%.

TEI key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

72 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

7.68%

Issuer

Franklin Templeton

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

09/23/1993

Expense ratio

1.1054%

Distribution rate

10.66%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

14.88%

5-year average yield

10.61

Last close

$6.08 (as of 2026-11-12)

NAV

$6.48; NAV date unknown

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$287,148,768

Average volume

142,364

Dividend

$0.054

Ex-dividend date

11/20/2026

Payment date

11/30/2026

Beta

0.749

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How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (10.66%) uses latest regular dividend ($0.054) × 12 ÷ market price dated 2026-11-12; one-off specials excluded; identified recurring supplementals included. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (14.88%) 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: Franklin Templeton; 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.

TEI risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 14.5%.

Who may consider TEI — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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