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Data last updated: Jul 04, 2026
Dividend Yield: 0.04%
Annual Dividend: $0.02 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2025-12-12
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 34
The Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund dividend reflects a fund that allocates at least 80% of its portfolio to companies based in or economically tied to developing economies. The current yield is 0.04%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.0240 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is December 12, 2025. With a beta of 1.02, FEMKX moves roughly in line with the broader market, making it a growth-oriented holding rather than an income-focused one.
Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund pays out dividends at a payout ratio classified as not applicable (fund/ETF), as the standard earnings-based payout framework does not apply to mutual funds. Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund dividend safety is therefore assessed differently: distributions reflect realized capital gains and income generated from the underlying portfolio of emerging market equities, which fluctuates with market conditions. The most significant pressure on the payout is the fund's exposure to developing economies, where earnings from holdings can swing sharply with currency moves, political shifts, and commodity cycles.
Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund dividend history shows a CAGR of 6.4% per year from 2003 to 2023. Per-share dividends grew from $0.1150 to $0.3960 over that window (2025 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year increase in the window was 524.0%, recorded in 2007, though the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, reflecting the volatility inherent in emerging market distributions.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Year | -14.1% | $0.11 (2015) | $0.02 (2025) |
FEMKX fits dividend investors who want emerging market equity exposure and can accept highly variable income. The current yield of 0.04% is low (below 2%), and it sits far below the fund's own 5-year average yield of 1.16%, which signals that recent distributions have been unusually thin. The 6.4% long-term CAGR looks appealing on paper, but the annual dividend history shows sharp swings, including a peak of $2.6210 per share in 2021 followed by $0.2410 the next year. What an investor gets here is access to a fundamentally driven emerging markets portfolio. What they give up is predictable income.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | $0.0240 |
| 2024-12-13 | $0.2470 |
| 2023-12-27 | $0.0200 |
| 2023-12-08 | $0.3760 |
| 2022-12-28 | $0.0070 |
| 2022-12-09 | $0.2340 |
| 2021-12-03 | $2.6210 |
| 2020-12-04 | $0.6340 |
| 2019-12-06 | $0.5990 |
| 2018-12-07 | $0.2200 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.0240 |
| 2024 | $0.2470 |
| 2023 | $0.3960 |
| 2022 | $0.2410 |
| 2021 | $2.6210 |
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