Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund Class A (AZMAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
18.10
+0.04 (0.22%)
Jul 3, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
14.05%
Fund Assets 156.92M
Expense Ratio 1.14%
Min. Investment $2,500
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.19
Dividend Yield 1.00%
Dividend Growth -7.18%
Payout Frequency n/a
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 19, 2024
Previous Close 18.06
YTD Return 16.32%
1-Year Return 15.43%
5-Year Return 12.30%
52-Week Low 14.32
52-Week High 18.10
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 101
Inception Date Dec 18, 2012

About AZMAX

AZMAX was founded on 2012-12-18. The Fund's investment strategy focuses on Emerging Markets with 1.14% total expense ratio. The minimum amount to invest in Virtus Strategy Trust: Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund; Class A Shares is $2,500 on a standard taxable account. Virtus Strategy Trust: Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund; Class A Shares seeks long-term capital appreciation. AZMAX seeks invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies that are domiciled in or tied economically to countries with emerging securities markets. AZMAX uses a value investing style focusing on equity securities of companies.

Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol AZMAX
Share Class Class A
Index MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) NR USD

Performance

AZMAX had a total return of 15.43% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 3.61%.

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 0.36%
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
AZMIX Institutional Class 0.89%
AZMCX Class C 1.89%

Top 10 Holdings

40.93% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2330 10.47%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited BABAF 7.90%
Tencent Holdings Limited 0700 5.08%
JD.com, Inc. 9618 3.93%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 005930 3.65%
ASML Holding N.V. ASML 2.38%
Naspers Limited NPN 2.35%
MercadoLibre, Inc. MELI 1.97%
Xiaomi Corporation 1810 1.66%
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited 4568 1.55%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 19, 2024 $0.17008 Dec 19, 2024
Sep 19, 2024 $0.02008 Sep 19, 2024
Jun 20, 2024 $0.02704 Jun 20, 2024
Mar 21, 2024 $0.00665 Mar 21, 2024
Dec 21, 2023 $0.15789 Dec 21, 2023
Sep 21, 2023 $0.03509 Sep 21, 2023
Full Dividend History