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First Trust Bloomberg Emerging Market Democracies ETF EMDM

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II Equity · International
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Last price 40.36 USD Change: Unchanged 0.00 Percent change: Unchanged 0.00%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.75%
Prospectus 2 Feb 2026
Net assets
$36.1M
As of 30 Jun 2026
Holdings
101
As of 30 Jun 2026
12-month distribution yield
2.88%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

First Trust Bloomberg Emerging Market Democracies ETF (EMDM) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by First Trust. Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$40.36 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.75% a year, from its prospectus dated 2 Feb 2026. It reported net assets of US$36.14 million as of 30 Jun 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 101 holdings as of 30 Jun 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$1.16 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 2.88%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.75%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.75%
Prospectus date
2 Feb 2026
Filed with the SEC
28 Jan 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$36,141,563
Total assets
$37,335,838
Holdings as of
30 Jun 2026
Report made public
21 Aug 2026 (52 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 101 positions, as of 30 Jun 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

EMDM top holdings as of 30 Jun 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD KRW100 KR7005930003 12.12% $4.4M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
2 TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD TWD10 TW0002330008 11.67% $4.2M Equity (common) Taiwan TWD
3 SK HYNIX INC SK HYNIX INC KRW5000 KR7000660001 8.63% $3.1M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
4 GRUPO MEXICO SAB DE CV GRUPO MEXICO SAB DE CV SER'B'COM NPV MXP370841019 3.67% $1.3M Equity (common) Mexico MXN
5 DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS SH BEN INT US2620062081 2.34% $846K Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
6 OTP BANK NYRT OTP BANK NYRT HUF100 HU0000061726 2.17% $783K Equity (common) Hungary HUF
7 PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PRF NPV BRPETRACNPR6 2.02% $730K Equity (preferred) Brazil BRL
8 NASPERS LTD NASPERS LTD NPV(POST SPLT) ZAE000351946 1.91% $692K Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
9 ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC COM SHS GB00BRXH2664 1.90% $688K Equity (common) United Kingdom ZAR
10 HDFC BANK LTD HDFC BANK LTD INR1 INE040A01034 1.84% $666K Equity (common) India INR
11 AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV COM SER 'B' NPV MX01AM050019 1.76% $635K Equity (common) Mexico MXN
12 VALE SA VALE SA COM NPV BRVALEACNOR0 1.75% $634K Equity (common) Brazil BRL
13 POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SA POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SA PLN1.00 PLPKO0000016 1.71% $618K Equity (common) Poland PLN
14 GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE SAB DE CV GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE SAB DE CV COM NPV SERIES O MXP370711014 1.53% $552K Equity (common) Mexico MXN
15 ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING SA ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING SA PRF NPV BRITUBACNPR1 1.53% $552K Equity (preferred) Brazil BRL
16 ICICI BANK LTD ICICI BANK LTD INR2 INE090A01021 1.51% $546K Equity (common) India INR
17 FIRSTRAND LTD FIRSTRAND LTD ZAR0.01 ZAE000066304 1.45% $523K Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
18 ORLEN SA ORLEN SA PLN1.25 PLPKN0000018 1.42% $514K Equity (common) Poland PLN
19 GOLD FIELDS LTD GOLD FIELDS LTD ZAR0.50 ZAE000018123 1.42% $512K Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
20 FOMENTO ECONOMICO MEXICANO SAB DE CV FOMENTO ECONOMICO MEXICANO SAB DE CV UNITS (REP 1 SER 'B' SHS & 4 SER'D') MXP320321310 1.32% $477K Equity (common) Mexico MXN
21 RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD INR10(100%DEMAT) INE002A01018 1.29% $467K Equity (common) India INR
22 CAPITEC BANK HOLDINGS LTD CAPITEC BANK HOLDINGS LTD ZAR0.01 ZAE000035861 1.24% $449K Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
23 STANDARD BANK GROUP LTD STANDARD BANK GROUP LTD ZAR0.1 ZAE000109815 1.23% $444K Equity (common) South Africa ZAR
24 FALABELLA SA FALABELLA SA COM NPV CLP3880F1085 1.21% $439K Equity (common) Chile CLP
25 CREDICORP LTD CREDICORP LTD COM BMG2519Y1084 1.21% $437K Equity (common) Bermuda USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 30 Jun 2026

All 101 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 93.10%
Equity (preferred) 6.63%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 2.34%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
South Korea 25.05%
Taiwan 18.00%
India 12.68%
Brazil 10.90%
Mexico 9.96%
South Africa 9.68%
Poland 4.06%
United States 3.28%
Hungary 2.17%
United Kingdom 1.90%
Chile 1.21%
Bermuda 1.21%
Other (2) 1.98%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
South Korean won (KRW) 25.05%
New Taiwan dollar (TWD) 18.00%
Indian rupee (INR) 12.68%
South African rand (ZAR) 11.59%
Brazilian real (BRL) 10.90%
Mexican peso (MXN) 9.96%
US dollar (USD) 4.49%
Polish zloty (PLN) 4.06%
Hungarian forint (HUF) 2.17%
Chilean peso (CLP) 1.21%
Euro (EUR) 1.09%
Colombian peso (COP) 0.89%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Basic Materials 0.94%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 0.9% of net assets (1% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.1620
3 payments per unit
12-month yield
2.88%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
24 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($1.1620) ÷ latest price ($40.36) × 100 = 2.88%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (12 payments)
EMDM distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
24 Sep 2026$0.1850
25 Jun 2026$0.1770
12 Dec 2025$0.8000
25 Sep 2025$0.2030
26 Jun 2025$0.1150
13 Dec 2024$0.8470
26 Sep 2024$0.1570
27 Jun 2024$0.1770
21 Mar 2024$0.0160
22 Dec 2023$0.1610
22 Sep 2023$0.0980
27 Jun 2023$0.2300

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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