First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency… (FEMB) Dividend History
FEMB latest distribution
$0.2000per share · 0.0% vs previous
Ex-dividend dateOct 21Wednesday, 2026
Payment dateOct 30Friday, 2026
Payable in 4 days to holders on the record date. Next monthly distribution expected around November 21 (not yet announced).
- 7.40%trailing 12-month yield
- $2.12paid in the last 12 months
- Monthly12 payments a year
- 2014paying since
- −1.9%5-year growth a year
FEMB dividend income calculator
- Income a year
- $212
- Each payment
- $18
- Value of the shares
- $2,860
- Yield
- 7.40%
At the latest close; trailing 12-month distributions of $2.12 per share, before tax.
FEMB distributions per share by year
Distributions per shareYield at year-end (right axis)
Calendar years by ex-dividend date. Yield = the year's distributions divided by the year-end price.
FEMB distribution payments
Distribution
Each bar is one payment, by ex-dividend month (last 36 payments).
FEMB distributions by year
| Year | Per share | Growth | Yield (year-end) | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026to date | $1.69 | — | — | 10 |
| 2025 | $1.83 | +15.8% | 6.15% | 13 |
| 2024 | $1.58 | +5.5% | 6.09% | 12 |
| 2023 | $1.50 | −10.1% | 5.15% | 12 |
| 2022 | $1.67 | −12.6% | 6.35% | 12 |
| 2021 | $1.91 | −5.3% | 6.12% | 12 |
| 2020 | $2.01 | −4.5% | 5.29% | 12 |
Full history in the distribution table below.
FEMB yield on cost
| Bought | Paid | Yield on cost | Paid out since | % of price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year ago | $29.30 | 7.22% | $2.12 | 7.2% |
| 3 years ago | $26.73 | 7.91% | $5.48 | 20.5% |
| 5 years ago | $32.09 | 6.59% | $8.55 | 26.6% |
| 10 years ago | $43.09 | 4.91% | $19.51 | 45.3% |
Trailing 12-month distributions as a yield on the price paid then, and the distributions one share has paid since (before tax).
FEMB yield vs similar ETFs
| ETF | Fund | Yield | Expense ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEMB | First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency… | 6.57% | 0.86% |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF | 0.99% | 0.09% |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | 1.03% | 0.03% |
| SCHD | Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF | 3.38% | 0.05% |
| VYM | Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF | 2.42% | 0.04% |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ ETF | 0.42% | 0.17% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 0.97% | 0.19% |
Trailing 12-month distribution yield as reported by EODHD.
FEMB distribution history
145 payments| Ex-dividend date | Record date | Payment date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-30 | $0.2000 | 0.0% |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-30 | $0.2000 | +8.1% |
| 2026-08-21 | 2026-08-21 | 2026-08-31 | $0.1850 | +12.1% |
| 2026-07-21 | 2026-07-21 | 2026-07-31 | $0.1650 | 0.0% |
| 2026-06-25 | 2026-06-25 | 2026-06-30 | $0.1650 | 0.0% |
| 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-29 | $0.1650 | 0.0% |
| 2026-04-21 | 2026-04-21 | 2026-04-30 | $0.1650 | +10.0% |
| 2026-03-26 | 2026-03-26 | 2026-03-31 | $0.1500 | 0.0% |
| 2026-02-20 | 2026-02-20 | 2026-02-27 | $0.1500 | +5.3% |
| 2026-01-21 | 2026-01-21 | 2026-01-30 | $0.1425 | 0.0% |
| 2025-12-12 | 2025-12-12 | 2025-12-31 | $0.1425 | 0.0% |
| 2025-11-21 | 2025-11-21 | 2025-11-28 | $0.1425 | 0.0% |
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| Ex-dividend date | Record date | Payment date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | 2025-11-03 | 2025-11-17 | $0.1425 | 0.0% |
| 2025-10-21 | 2025-10-21 | 2025-10-31 | $0.1425 | 0.0% |
| 2025-09-25 | 2025-09-25 | 2025-09-30 | $0.1425 | 0.0% |
| 2025-08-21 | 2025-08-21 | 2025-08-29 | $0.1425 | 0.0% |
| 2025-07-22 | 2025-07-22 | 2025-07-31 | $0.1425 | 0.0% |
| 2025-06-26 | 2025-06-26 | 2025-06-30 | $0.1425 | 0.0% |
| 2025-05-21 | 2025-05-21 | 2025-05-30 | $0.1425 | 0.0% |
| 2025-04-22 | 2025-04-22 | 2025-04-30 | $0.1425 | 0.0% |
| 2025-03-27 | 2025-03-27 | 2025-03-31 | $0.1425 | +7.5% |
| 2025-02-21 | 2025-02-21 | 2025-02-28 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2025-01-22 | 2025-01-22 | 2025-01-31 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2024-12-13 | 2024-12-13 | 2024-12-31 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2024-11-21 | 2024-11-21 | 2024-11-29 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2024-10-22 | 2024-10-22 | 2024-10-31 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2024-09-26 | 2024-09-26 | 2024-09-30 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2024-08-21 | 2024-08-21 | 2024-08-30 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2024-07-23 | 2024-07-23 | 2024-07-31 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2024-06-27 | 2024-06-27 | 2024-06-28 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2024-05-21 | 2024-05-22 | 2024-05-31 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2024-04-23 | 2024-04-24 | 2024-04-30 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2024-03-21 | 2024-03-22 | 2024-03-28 | $0.1325 | 0.0% |
| 2024-02-21 | 2024-02-22 | 2024-02-29 | $0.1325 | +6.0% |
| 2024-01-23 | 2024-01-24 | 2024-01-31 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-12-22 | 2023-12-26 | 2023-12-29 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-11-21 | 2023-11-22 | 2023-11-30 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-10-24 | 2023-10-25 | 2023-10-31 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-09-22 | 2023-09-25 | 2023-09-29 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-08-22 | 2023-08-23 | 2023-08-31 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-07-21 | 2023-07-24 | 2023-07-31 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-06-27 | 2023-06-28 | 2023-06-30 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-05-23 | 2023-05-24 | 2023-05-31 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-04-21 | 2023-04-24 | 2023-04-28 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-03-24 | 2023-03-27 | 2023-03-31 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-02-22 | 2023-02-23 | 2023-02-28 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2023-01-24 | 2023-01-25 | 2023-01-31 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2022-12-23 | 2022-12-27 | 2022-12-30 | $0.1250 | 0.0% |
| 2022-11-22 | 2022-11-23 | 2022-11-30 | $0.1250 | −7.4% |
| 2022-10-21 | 2022-10-24 | 2022-10-31 | $0.1350 | 0.0% |
| 2022-09-23 | 2022-09-26 | 2022-09-30 | $0.1350 | −3.6% |
| 2022-08-23 | 2022-08-24 | 2022-08-31 | $0.1400 | 0.0% |
| 2022-07-21 | 2022-07-22 | 2022-07-29 | $0.1400 | 0.0% |
| 2022-06-24 | 2022-06-27 | 2022-06-30 | $0.1400 | 0.0% |
| 2022-05-24 | 2022-05-25 | 2022-05-31 | $0.1400 | −5.1% |
| 2022-04-21 | 2022-04-22 | 2022-04-29 | $0.1475 | −4.8% |
| 2022-03-25 | 2022-03-28 | 2022-03-31 | $0.1550 | +12.6% |
| 2022-02-18 | 2022-02-22 | 2022-02-28 | $0.1376 | −6.8% |
| 2022-01-21 | 2022-01-24 | 2022-01-31 | $0.1476 | +18.0% |
| 2021-12-23 | 2021-12-27 | 2021-12-31 | $0.1251 | −20.0% |
| 2021-11-23 | 2021-11-24 | 2021-11-30 | $0.1563 | −6.2% |
| 2021-10-21 | 2021-10-22 | 2021-10-29 | $0.1667 | +6.0% |
| 2021-09-23 | 2021-09-24 | 2021-09-30 | $0.1572 | −7.5% |
| 2021-08-24 | 2021-08-25 | 2021-08-31 | $0.1700 | +6.9% |
| 2021-07-21 | 2021-07-22 | 2021-07-30 | $0.1590 | −2.9% |
| 2021-06-24 | 2021-06-25 | 2021-06-30 | $0.1638 | −2.8% |
| 2021-05-21 | 2021-05-24 | 2021-05-28 | $0.1685 | +0.5% |
| 2021-04-21 | 2021-04-22 | 2021-04-30 | $0.1677 | +4.6% |
| 2021-03-25 | 2021-03-26 | 2021-03-31 | $0.1604 | +5.0% |
| 2021-02-23 | 2021-02-24 | 2021-02-26 | $0.1527 | −4.6% |
| 2021-01-21 | 2021-01-22 | 2021-01-29 | $0.1600 | +3.2% |
| 2020-12-24 | 2020-12-28 | 2020-12-31 | $0.1550 | −8.8% |
| 2020-11-24 | 2020-11-25 | 2020-11-30 | $0.1700 | +4.1% |
| 2020-10-21 | 2020-10-22 | 2020-10-30 | $0.1633 | −2.3% |
| 2020-09-24 | 2020-09-25 | 2020-09-30 | $0.1672 | −13.8% |
| 2020-08-21 | 2020-08-24 | 2020-08-31 | $0.1940 | +21.2% |
| 2020-07-21 | 2020-07-22 | 2020-07-31 | $0.1600 | −5.6% |
| 2020-06-25 | 2020-06-26 | 2020-06-30 | $0.1695 | +20.9% |
| 2020-05-21 | 2020-05-22 | 2020-05-29 | $0.1402 | −29.9% |
| 2020-04-21 | 2020-04-22 | 2020-04-30 | $0.2000 | +29.0% |
| 2020-03-26 | 2020-03-27 | 2020-03-31 | $0.1550 | +3.3% |
| 2020-02-21 | 2020-02-24 | 2020-02-28 | $0.1500 | −20.6% |
| 2020-01-22 | 2020-01-23 | 2020-01-31 | $0.1890 | +5.5% |
| 2019-12-13 | 2019-12-16 | 2019-12-31 | $0.1791 | +8.7% |
| 2019-11-21 | 2019-11-22 | 2019-11-29 | $0.1647 | −11.3% |
| 2019-10-22 | 2019-10-23 | 2019-10-31 | $0.1856 | +8.3% |
| 2019-09-25 | 2019-09-26 | 2019-09-30 | $0.1713 | +8.2% |
| 2019-08-21 | 2019-08-22 | 2019-08-30 | $0.1583 | −16.6% |
| 2019-07-23 | 2019-07-24 | 2019-07-31 | $0.1898 | +13.3% |
| 2019-06-14 | 2019-06-17 | 2019-06-28 | $0.1675 | −1.5% |
| 2019-05-21 | 2019-05-22 | 2019-05-31 | $0.1700 | −5.5% |
| 2019-04-23 | 2019-04-24 | 2019-04-30 | $0.1799 | −2.4% |
| 2019-03-21 | 2019-03-22 | 2019-03-29 | $0.1843 | +3.5% |
| 2019-02-21 | 2019-02-22 | 2019-02-28 | $0.1780 | −1.1% |
| 2019-01-23 | 2019-01-24 | 2019-01-31 | $0.1800 | +20.0% |
| 2018-12-18 | 2018-12-19 | 2018-12-31 | $0.1500 | −6.2% |
| 2018-11-21 | 2018-11-23 | 2018-11-30 | $0.1600 | −19.4% |
| 2018-10-23 | 2018-10-24 | 2018-10-31 | $0.1984 | +32.3% |
| 2018-09-14 | 2018-09-17 | 2018-09-28 | $0.1500 | −21.8% |
| 2018-08-21 | 2018-08-22 | 2018-08-31 | $0.1917 | +7.7% |
| 2018-07-20 | 2018-07-23 | 2018-07-31 | $0.1780 | +1.7% |
| 2018-06-21 | 2018-06-22 | 2018-06-29 | $0.1750 | 0.0% |
| 2018-05-22 | 2018-05-23 | 2018-05-31 | $0.1750 | −20.5% |
| 2018-04-20 | 2018-04-23 | 2018-04-30 | $0.2200 | +4.8% |
| 2018-03-22 | 2018-03-23 | 2018-03-29 | $0.2100 | +40.0% |
| 2018-02-21 | 2018-02-22 | 2018-02-28 | $0.1500 | −28.6% |
| 2018-01-23 | 2018-01-24 | 2018-01-31 | $0.2100 | −28.6% |
| 2017-12-21 | 2017-12-22 | 2017-12-29 | $0.2941 | −10.9% |
| 2017-11-21 | 2017-11-22 | 2017-11-30 | $0.3300 | +57.1% |
| 2017-10-20 | 2017-10-23 | 2017-10-31 | $0.2100 | −12.5% |
| 2017-09-21 | 2017-09-22 | 2017-09-29 | $0.2400 | +14.3% |
| 2017-08-22 | 2017-08-24 | 2017-08-31 | $0.2100 | 0.0% |
| 2017-07-21 | 2017-07-25 | 2017-07-31 | $0.2100 | 0.0% |
| 2017-06-22 | 2017-06-26 | 2017-06-30 | $0.2100 | 0.0% |
| 2017-05-23 | 2017-05-25 | 2017-05-31 | $0.2100 | +8.2% |
| 2017-04-21 | 2017-04-25 | 2017-04-28 | $0.1940 | +6.8% |
| 2017-03-23 | 2017-03-27 | 2017-03-31 | $0.1817 | −4.4% |
| 2017-02-22 | 2017-02-24 | 2017-02-28 | $0.1900 | −9.5% |
| 2017-01-20 | 2017-01-24 | 2017-01-31 | $0.2100 | +27.3% |
| 2016-12-21 | 2016-12-23 | 2016-12-30 | $0.1650 | −11.6% |
| 2016-11-22 | 2016-11-25 | 2016-11-30 | $0.1866 | +2.8% |
| 2016-10-21 | 2016-10-25 | 2016-10-31 | $0.1816 | +20.3% |
| 2016-09-21 | 2016-09-23 | 2016-09-30 | $0.1510 | −31.4% |
| 2016-08-23 | 2016-08-25 | 2016-08-31 | $0.2200 | +61.8% |
| 2016-07-21 | 2016-07-25 | 2016-07-29 | $0.1360 | −49.6% |
| 2016-06-22 | 2016-06-24 | 2016-06-30 | $0.2700 | +24.4% |
| 2016-05-20 | 2016-05-24 | 2016-05-31 | $0.2171 | +15.6% |
| 2016-04-21 | 2016-04-25 | 2016-04-29 | $0.1878 | −37.3% |
| 2016-03-23 | 2016-03-28 | 2016-03-31 | $0.2997 | +66.5% |
| 2016-02-23 | 2016-02-25 | 2016-02-29 | $0.1800 | +24.1% |
| 2016-01-21 | 2016-01-25 | 2016-01-29 | $0.1450 | −7.1% |
| 2015-12-23 | 2015-12-28 | 2015-12-31 | $0.1561 | +15.1% |
| 2015-11-20 | 2015-11-24 | 2015-11-30 | $0.1356 | +23.3% |
| 2015-10-21 | 2015-10-23 | 2015-10-30 | $0.1100 | −29.2% |
| 2015-09-23 | 2015-09-25 | 2015-09-30 | $0.1554 | 0.0% |
| 2015-08-21 | 2015-08-25 | 2015-08-31 | $0.1554 | −9.3% |
| 2015-07-21 | 2015-07-23 | 2015-07-31 | $0.1714 | −1.5% |
| 2015-06-24 | 2015-06-26 | 2015-06-30 | $0.1740 | −13.0% |
| 2015-05-21 | 2015-05-26 | 2015-05-29 | $0.2000 | +13.6% |
| 2015-04-21 | 2015-04-23 | 2015-04-30 | $0.1760 | −12.0% |
| 2015-03-25 | 2015-03-27 | 2015-03-31 | $0.2000 | +33.3% |
| 2015-02-20 | 2015-02-24 | 2015-02-27 | $0.1500 | −1.4% |
| 2015-01-21 | 2015-01-23 | 2015-01-30 | $0.1521 | −27.6% |
| 2014-12-23 | 2014-12-26 | 2014-12-31 | $0.2100 | +133.3% |
| 2014-11-21 | 2014-11-25 | 2014-11-28 | $0.0900 | — |
Amounts per share. Highlighted rows are declared but not yet paid.
FEMB dividend overview
First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency… pays monthly distributions made up of income from its holdings, less fund expenses. Over the past 12 months it paid $2.12 per share, a yield of 7.40% at the latest close of $28.60. In 2025 it paid $1.83 per share, up 15.8% from 2024. Over five years distributions changed −1.9% a year and over ten years −0.5%.
Payment amounts vary because they pass through what the fund earned during the period. ETF distributions may include qualified dividends, ordinary income, return of capital and capital gains; the fund's annual tax statement has the breakdown.
Related: FEMB chart, FEMB performance, FEMB overview.
FEMB dividends FAQ
Does FEMB pay a dividend?
Yes. FEMB pays monthly distributions and has paid them since 2014. The most recent was $0.2000 per share with an ex-dividend date of October 21, 2026, payable October 30, 2026.
What is the FEMB dividend yield?
FEMB paid $2.12 per share over the past 12 months, a trailing yield of 7.40% at the latest close of $28.60.
When is the next FEMB dividend?
The next monthly distribution has not been announced yet. Based on the usual schedule the next ex-dividend date should fall around November 21, 2026.
How often does FEMB pay dividends?
FEMB pays distributions monthly, 12 times a year.
How much did FEMB pay in dividends in 2025?
FEMB paid $1.83 per share in 13 distributions in 2025.
How much income does 100 shares of FEMB pay?
100 shares of FEMB would have paid about $212 over the past 12 months, before tax.