Virtus Emerging Markets Opps A (AOTAX)

Fund Assets	248.40M
Expense Ratio	1.339%
Min. Investment	$2,500
Turnover	85.00%
Dividend (ttm)	1.07
Dividend Yield	2.37%
Dividend Growth	-35.26%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 16, 2025

Previous Close	46.18
YTD Return	28.06%
1-Year Return	37.84%
5-Year Return	51.23%
52-Week Low	33.87
52-Week High	49.11
Beta (5Y)	0.84
Holdings	81
Inception Date	Aug 21, 2006

About AOTAX

The Virtus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund Class A is a diversified mutual fund specializing in equities across emerging market economies. Its primary objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by employing a systematic, bottom-up investment strategy focused on identifying companies with strong growth potential, attractive valuations, and relatively lower volatility. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in securities economically tied to emerging markets, providing broad exposure to sectors such as technology, consumer goods, energy, and financial services. Portfolio construction leverages a proprietary multi-factor model and incorporates proactive risk controls to help mitigate downside risks and uncover market inefficiencies. Managed by Virtus Systematic, a division of Virtus Advisers, LLC, the fund emphasizes high conviction investments and behavioral finance insights to capture unrecognized opportunities. Since its inception in 2006, the fund has offered investors a vehicle to participate in the dynamic growth prospects of emerging markets while maintaining a disciplined approach to risk management and portfolio diversification.

• Fund Family: Virtus
• Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: Average
• Stock Exchange: Nasdaq
• Ticker Symbol: AOTAX
• Share Class: A
• Index: MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) NR USD

Performance

AOTAX had a total return of 37.84% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 6.40%.

Equivalent Funds

These are funds that follow the same index from the other major fund companies.

Symbol	Provider	Name	Expense Ratio
FGOMX	Fidelity	Strategic Advisers Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund	0.29%
FPADX	Fidelity	Fidelity Emerging Markets Index Fund	0.08%

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
AEMOX	R6	0.89%
AOTIX	Institutional	0.94%
AOTCX	C	2.04%

Top 10 Holdings

47.36% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	2330	15.96%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	005930	7.03%
SK hynix Inc.	000660	6.46%
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited	IDCBF	3.00%
China Construction Bank Corporation	0939	2.75%
Lenovo Group Limited	0992	2.74%
Steel Authority of India Limited	SAIL	2.54%
Yuanta Financial Holding Co., Ltd.	2885	2.48%
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited	1929	2.31%
Credicorp Ltd.	BAP	2.10%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 16, 2025	$1.07294	Dec 16, 2025
Dec 18, 2024	$1.65734	Dec 18, 2024
Dec 20, 2023	$0.87599	Dec 20, 2023
Dec 21, 2022	$0.83353	Dec 21, 2022
Dec 16, 2021	$0.45162	Dec 16, 2021

Data Sources: Tiingo, Twelve Data, and more

Historical data is provided by Tiingo. Delayed stock pricing data is provided by Twelve Data. Several fund data points are also provided by Finnhub.

Last checked:

Oct 16, 2026

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