Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio Open Shares (LZOEX)

Fund Assets	12.14B
Expense Ratio	1.34%
Min. Investment	$2,500
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	0.51
Dividend Yield	2.62%
Dividend Growth	-15.68%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 20, 2024

Previous Close	19.69
YTD Return	4.42%
1-Year Return	8.97%
5-Year Return	47.58%
52-Week Low	17.59
52-Week High	21.34
Beta (5Y)	0.79
Holdings	81
Inception Date	Jan 7, 1997

About LZOEX

The fund invests primarily in equity securities, principally common stocks, of non-U.S. companies whose principal activities are located in emerging market countries and that the Investment Manager believes are undervalued based on their earnings, cash flow or asset values. Under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of companies whose principal business activities are located in emerging market countries.

• Fund Family: Lazard Open
• Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: Above Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: LZOEX
• Share Class: Open Shares
• Index: MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) NR USD

Performance

LZOEX had a total return of 8.97% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.50%, including dividends.

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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
undefined	Fidelity	Strategic Advisers Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund	0.36%
undefined	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
LZEMX	Institutional Shares	1.08%
RLEMX	R6 Shares	1.08%

Top 10 Holdings

25.32% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	2330	5.14%
China Construction Bank Corporation	0939	3.48%
OTP Bank Nyrt.	OTP	2.34%
Indus Towers Limited	INDUSTOWER	2.19%
ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.	3711	2.16%
MediaTek Inc.	2454	2.06%
BB Seguridade Participações S.A.	BBSE3	2.03%
Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd.	1099	2.01%
NetEase, Inc.	NTES	2.00%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited	BABA	1.91%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 20, 2024	$0.50827	Dec 23, 2024
Dec 21, 2023	$0.60277	Dec 22, 2023
Dec 22, 2022	$0.82355	Dec 23, 2022
Dec 22, 2021	$0.49919	Dec 23, 2021
Aug 19, 2021	$0.34029	Aug 20, 2021
Dec 22, 2020	$0.11953	Dec 23, 2020