Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (GPEOX)

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Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (GPEOX) is up 21.3% since the beginning of the year. GPEOX is currently trading at $12 per share. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of GPEOX shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $1,011.

Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (GPEOX) has returned 21.26% so far this year and 24.87% over the past 12 months. Over the last ten years, GPEOX has returned 6.74% per year, falling short of the S&P 500 Index benchmark, which averaged 13.88% annually.

Based on dividend-adjusted daily data since Jan 2, 2014, GPEOX's average daily return is +0.03%, while the average monthly return is +0.56%. At this rate, an investment would double in approximately 10.3 years.

Historically, 56% of months were positive and 44% were negative. The best month was Apr 2026 with a return of +17.7%, while the worst month was Mar 2020 at -20.6%. The longest winning streak lasted 7 consecutive months, and the longest losing streak was 7 months.

On a daily basis, GPEOX closed higher 51% of trading days. The best single day was Mar 24, 2020 with a return of +5.8%, while the worst single day was Mar 16, 2020 at -9.3%.

Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund has an annualized alpha of -0.63%, beta of 0.55, and R2 of 0.46 versus S&P 500 Index. Calculated based on daily prices since January 02, 2014.

• This fund participated in 81.71% of S&P 500 Index downside but only 60.72% of its upside - more exposed to losses than it benefited from rallies.
• Beta of 0.55 may look defensive, but with R2 of 0.46 this fund is largely uncorrelated with S&P 500 Index - low beta reflects independence, not downside protection. See the Volatility section for a true picture of this fund's risk.
• R2 of 0.46 means the benchmark explains less than half of this fund's behavior - treat beta with caution or consider switching to a more representative benchmark.

GPEOX has a high expense ratio of 1.68%, indicating above-average management fees.

GPEOX ranks 31 for risk / return — below 31% of mutual funds on our site. The returns aren't fully compensating for the risk involved. This isn't necessarily a dealbreaker, but factor it into your decision — especially if you're risk-averse.

Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund provided a 21.45% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $2.61 per share.

The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.

The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way. Drawdowns are calculated considering price movements and all distributions paid, if any.

The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.

The maximum drawdown for the Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund was 35.84%, occurring on Apr 8, 2025. The portfolio has not yet recovered.

The current Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund drawdown is 2.88%.

The chart below shows the rolling one-month volatility.