Ashmore Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity Fund Institutional Class (ESCIX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
20.67
+0.36 (1.77%)
Jul 3, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
12.21%
Fund Assets 9.76M
Expense Ratio 1.30%
Min. Investment $1,000,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.10
Dividend Yield 0.48%
Dividend Growth n/a
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date n/a
Previous Close 20.31
YTD Return 16.77%
1-Year Return 12.85%
5-Year Return 70.88%
52-Week Low 15.28
52-Week High 20.67
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 49
Inception Date Oct 4, 2011

About ESCIX

ESCIX was founded on 2011-10-04 and is currently managed by Shah,Cadell. The Fund's investment strategy focuses on Emerging Markets with 1.52% total expense ratio. The minimum amount to invest in Ashmore Funds: Ashmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity Fund; Institutional Class Shares is $1,000,000 on a standard taxable account. Ashmore Funds: Ashmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity Fund; Institutional Class Shares seeks long-term capital appreciation. ESCIX invests principally in equity securities and equity-related investments of small capitalization emerging markets issuers. ESCIX may utilize various derivative instruments and related strategies to gain exposure to one or more issuers or other assets.

Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol ESCIX
Share Class Institutional Class
Index MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) Small Cap NR USD

Performance

ESCIX had a total return of 12.85% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.82%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
ESSAX Class A 1.55%
ESSCX Class C 2.30%

Top 10 Holdings

33.43% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
MY Eg Services Bhd NPV MYYGF 5.68%
Gudeng Precision Industrial Co. TWD10 3680 3.95%
Benefit Systems Sa PLN1.00 BFT 3.57%
Kinik Co TWD10 KIKCF 3.39%
Winway Technology Co Ltd TWD10 6515 3.22%
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd. INR2 (POST SUBD) KIMS 2.79%
Eris Lifesciences Ltd INR1 ERIS 2.73%
Hansol Chemical Co Ltd KRW5000 HCCLF 2.69%
Alchip Technologies Ltd. TWD10 ALCPF 2.69%
APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. INR2.00 POST SUB APLAPOLLO 2.69%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Mar 21, 2025 $0.10012 Mar 21, 2025
Dec 20, 2023 $0.0958 Dec 20, 2023
Jun 23, 2023 $0.0803 Jun 23, 2023
Mar 24, 2023 $0.0871 Mar 24, 2023
Jun 23, 2022 $0.08026 Jun 23, 2022
Mar 24, 2022 $0.08713 Mar 24, 2022
Full Dividend History