Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or VWO?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +55.5% and VWO returned +15.6%, so EMXC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, EMXC or VWO?

EMXC charges 0.25% a year and VWO charges 0.06%, so VWO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EMXC and VWO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 0% of VWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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EMXC vs VWO: how they differ

EMXC and VWO hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and EMXC returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMXC and VWO hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions EMXC and VWO both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	EMXC	VWO
America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V.	0.23%	0.18%
Global Unichip Corp	0.12%	0.10%
Piraeus Bank SA	0.11%	0.09%
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC	0.08%	0.08%
Divi's Laboratories Ltd	0.08%	0.08%
Banco de Chile	0.09%	0.07%
SASOL LIMITED	0.07%	0.08%
eMemory Technology Inc	0.07%	0.07%
Vibra Energia S.A.	0.06%	0.07%
Commercial International Bank - Egypt (C	0.06%	0.06%
Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Gr	0.05%	0.06%
International Games System Co Ltd	0.05%	0.05%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in EMXC	Only in VWO
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 17.97%	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 14.73%
SK hynix Inc. 8.37%	Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.28%
MediaTek Inc. 2.04%	Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.47%	Delta Electronics Inc 1.18%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1.13%	MediaTek Inc 1.07%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.07%	Reliance Industries Ltd 0.90%
HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.88%	HDFC Bank Ltd 0.81%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.83%	Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.75%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

EMXC and VWO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	EMXC iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF	VWO Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China	Emerging markets
Total return, 1 year	+55.5%	+15.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+38.0 pts	−1.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.06%
Already in the S&P 500	0.0%	0.0%
Holdings	662	6355

EMXC in plain words

EMXC is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +55.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 662 positions, with the top ten at 44.3%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VWO in plain words

VWO is an index equity fund tracking the Emerging markets. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6355 positions, with the top ten at 26.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or VWO?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +55.5% and VWO returned +15.6%, so EMXC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or VWO?: EMXC charges 0.25% a year and VWO charges 0.06%, so VWO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMXC and VWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 0% of VWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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