Brandes Emerging Markets Value Fund Class A (BEMAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
10.26
+0.09 (0.88%)
Jul 3, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
22.87%
Fund Assets 686.04M
Expense Ratio 1.32%
Min. Investment $2,500
Turnover 21.13%
Dividend (ttm) 0.25
Dividend Yield 2.25%
Dividend Growth 16.06%
Payout Frequency Semi-Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 30, 2025
Previous Close 10.17
YTD Return 23.93%
1-Year Return 26.17%
5-Year Return 64.85%
52-Week Low 7.82
52-Week High 10.26
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 62
Inception Date Jan 31, 2011

About BEMAX

The Brandes Emerging Markets Value Fund Class A is a mutual fund focused on long-term capital appreciation through investment in equity securities of companies primarily operating in emerging markets. It employs a value investing approach, seeking companies trading below their perceived fair value, and invests across a diverse set of regions including Asia, Europe, Central and South America, Africa, and the Middle East. This fund typically holds between 35 to 85 companies, offering all-cap flexibility and aiming to provide broad exposure to emerging market equities while maintaining risk management through portfolio diversification. Its holdings can encompass common and preferred stocks, real estate investment trusts, warrants, and rights, with sector concentrations occasionally exceeding 20%. The fund's strategy emphasizes disciplined value principles and targets companies with significant revenue or asset exposure—over 80%—to emerging markets, positioning it as a distinctive choice within the diversified emerging markets asset class.

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

Performance

BEMAX had a total return of 26.17% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.05%.

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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
BEMRX Class R6 0.97%
BEMIX Class I 1.12%
BEMCX Class C 2.08%

Top 10 Holdings

37.93% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. TWD10 TSMWF 7.73%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. SSNLF 5.29%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited BABAF 4.80%
Embraer S.A. ERJ 3.43%
HDFC Bank Ltd. INR1 HDFCBANK 3.42%
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk BKRKF 3.07%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA PRF NPV PTRBF 2.75%
Wiwynn Corp. TWD10 6669 2.67%
China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited CRHKF 2.49%
Erste Group Bank AG EBKOF 2.27%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jun 30, 2025 $0.1108 Jun 30, 2025
Dec 31, 2024 $0.0924 Dec 31, 2024
Sep 30, 2024 $0.04209 Sep 30, 2024
Jun 28, 2024 $0.10628 Jun 28, 2024
Dec 29, 2023 $0.07069 Dec 29, 2023
Sep 29, 2023 $0.03436 Sep 29, 2023
Full Dividend History