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Templeton Emerg Mkts Income:TEI

Overview

As of 3/28/2025

 Share
Price
NAVPremium/
Discount
Current$5.40$5.74-5.92%
52 Wk Avg$5.44$5.94-8.36%
52 Wk High$5.94$6.25-4.13%
52 Wk Low$5.04$5.65-13.15%
Regular Distribution TypeIncome Only
Distribution Rate10.56%
Distribution Amount$0.0475
Distribution FrequencyMonthly
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Basic Information

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks high, current income, with a secondary goal of capital appreciation, by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in income producing securities of sovereign or sovereign-related entities and private sector companies in emerging market countries.

Capital Structure

As of 3/28/2025

Total Investment Exposure:$336.091M
Total Common Assets:$271.091M
Common Shares Outstanding:47,228,418
Leverage

As of 3/28/2025

Preferred Share Assets:
Total Debt (USD): $65.000M
Regulatory Leverage (USD): $65.000M
Effective Leverage (USD): $65.000M
Effective Leverage (%): 19.34%
Annual Expense Ratios

As of 12/31/2024

  Per Common Share
Management Fees1.00%
Other Expenses:0.18%
Baseline Expense: N/A
Interest Expense:1.18%
Total: 2.36%
Fund Management

Fund Sponsor
Franklin Advisers, Inc.

Portfolio Managers
Calvin Ho, Michael J. Hasenstab

Basics
Category: Fixed Income - Taxable-Emerging Market Income
Ticker: TEI
NAV Ticker: XTEIX
Average Daily Volume (shares): 135,445
Average Daily Volume (USD): $0.736M
Inception Date: 9/23/1993
Inception Share Price: $15.00
Inception NAV: $14.00
Tender Offer: No
Term: No
Fiscal Year End: December 31
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Distributions

As of 3/28/2025

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Distribution History

Enter declared start and end dates to display distribution history below. Income, Long Gain, Short Gain and ROC breakdowns will only be shown for the past year.

Declared Date Payable Date Ex Date Distrib Amount Income Long Gain Short Gain ROC

*Indicates a Special Distribution: A distribution disbursed in addition to the normal distributions paid out by the company.

Key Information Regarding Distributions
Avg. Earnings Per Share:
As of 12/31/2024
$0.3428
Annualized Distribution Rate on NAV:
As of 3/28/2025
9.93%
Total Return on NAV (12 months):
As of 3/28/2025
5.98%
Avg. Portfolio Coupon:
As of 3/28/2025
8.39%
Total % Portfolio Effectively Leveraged:
As of 3/28/2025
19.34%

Pricing Information

Premium/Discount Information
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Premium/Discount Information

As of 3/31/2025

PeriodAvg Discount
6 Month-7.86%
1 Year-8.36%
3 Year-9.64%
5 Year-9.69%
Z-Score

As of 3/28/2025

PeriodZStat
3 Month1.12
6 Month1.32
1 Year1.23
Pricing History
Date NAV Premium / Discount

Performance

Calendar Year Total Returns

As of 2/28/2025
Category: Morningstar US CEF Emerging Market Income

Past 20 Years

Return YearPriceNAVCategory - PriceCategory - NAV
YTD6.36%3.81%7.02%4.13%
202411.77%5.18%17.77%9.42%
20233.86%14.18%16.78%16.95%
2022-15.47%-16.24%-18.78%-18.52%
20213.45%-6.84%-0.68%-3.27%
2020-9.12%-6.18%-4.97%2.36%
20193.51%-0.33%25.68%11.78%
2018-6.19%-7.44%-14.24%-11.32%
20178.10%9.92%18.72%15.27%
201618.07%12.62%27.23%13.73%
2015-4.71%-3.05%-7.81%-7.55%
2014-8.72%-3.18%-4.03%-2.33%
2013-12.85%0.11%-14.48%-9.06%
201224.73%18.59%  
20113.89%1.65%  
201023.11%18.36%  
200972.65%48.33%  
2008-20.04%-16.53%  
20076.26%6.33%  
200619.07%16.96%  
2005-2.85%5.38%  
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Annualized Total Returns

Returns for periods less than one year are cumulative rather than annualized

As of 2/28/2025
Category: Morningstar US CEF Emerging Market Income

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Portfolio Characteristics

Portfolio Characteristics
Average Coupon:
As of 3/28/2025
8.39%
Number of Holdings:
As of 2/28/2025
153
Annual Portfolio Turnover:
As of 12/31/2024
53.84%
Asset Allocation

As of 2/28/2025

Top Sectors

As of 2/28/2025

Sector%Portfolio
Government (Super Sector)104.05%
Government99.60%
Corporate (Super Sector)14.19%
Corporate Bond14.19%
Government Related4.46%
Basic Materials1.23%
Cyclical (Super Sector)1.23%
Cash Equivalents-19.48%
Cash Equivalents (Super Sector)-19.48%
Top Holdings

As of 2/28/2025

HoldingValue% Portfolio
Egypt (Arab Republic of)$17.32M6.26%
Egypt (Arab Republic of)$17.32M6.26%
Ecuador (Republic Of) 5.5%$14.51M5.25%
Dominican Republic 6.85%$14.24M5.15%
ICBC Standard Bank PLC 15%$14.19M5.13%
Rwanda (Republic Of) 5.5%$14.10M5.10%
Asian Development Bank 10.1%$12.33M4.46%
Kenya (Republic of) 9.75%$12.18M4.40%
Argentina (Republic Of) 4.125%$10.80M3.91%
Reventazon Finance Trust$10.55M3.82%
Credit Quality

As of 2/28/2025

Maturity Breakdown

As of 2/28/2025

Country Allocation

As of 2/28/2025

Country% Portfolio
Others - Fixed Income70.60%
South Africa - Fixed Income9.52%
Mexico - Fixed Income5.23%
United Kingdom - Fixed Income5.13%
India - Fixed Income5.02%
Argentina - Fixed Income4.13%
Brazil - Fixed Income2.08%
Canada - Equity1.23%
Colombia - Fixed Income1.06%
South Africa - Equity0.01%

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NOTES:

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