iSharesEmerging Markets Local-Currency BondLEMB · NYSE Arca

iShares J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF (LEMB)

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Price: $43.01; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $721.2M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.30%; Category 1.12%
Yield: 2.37%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 7.1%+0.5%; Category 6.6%
3Y CAGR: 7.9%+0.4%; Category 7.4%
5Y CAGR: 1.5%-0.6%; Category 2.2%

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iShares J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	+0.1%	+1.7%	+5.3%	+3.5%	+7.1%	+7.9%	+1.5%	+1.4%	+0.8%
Emerging Markets Local-Currency Bond average	0.3%	1.5%	4.9%	3.6%	6.6%	7.4%	2.2%	2.1%	1.3%
Difference	-0.2%	+0.2%	+0.4%	-0.1%	+0.5%	+0.4%	-0.6%	-0.7%	-0.5%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government99.3%
AA4.0%
A28.5%
BBB43.1%
BB24.1%
Other0.3%

Asset mix

Bonds99.4%
Cash0.6%

ETF details

Issuer: iShares
Category: Fixed Income · Emerging Markets Local-Currency Bond
Ticker: LEMB
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 18 Oct 2011 (14.9 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.30% (category 1.12%)
Holdings turnover: 29% (category 76%)
Distribution yield: 2.37%
Beta, 3 years: 0.96
Total net assets: $721.2M
Average duration: 6.04 years
Average maturity: 9.93 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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