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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VWO returned +15.6% and VYMI returned +28.2%, so VYMI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VWO or VYMI?

VWO charges 0.06% a year and VYMI charges 0.07%, so VWO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VWO and 0% of VYMI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 21% 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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VWO vs VYMI: how they differ

VWO and VYMI hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and VYMI returned more over the year.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund and Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VWO and VYMI hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VWO and VYMI both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VWO	VYMI
MediaTek Inc	1.07%	0.66%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd	0.75%	0.46%
Vale SA	0.51%	0.32%
Al Rajhi Bank	0.47%	0.29%
Anglogold Ashanti Plc	0.41%	0.26%
Saudi Arabian Oil Co	0.39%	0.24%
Infosys Ltd	0.38%	0.24%
Gold Fields Ltd	0.33%	0.21%
JD.com Inc	0.31%	0.20%
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV	0.27%	0.17%
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV	0.27%	0.17%
OTP Bank Nyrt	0.27%	0.17%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VWO	Only in VYMI
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 14.73%	HSBC Holdings PLC 1.73%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.28%	Novartis AG 1.56%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%	Nestle SA 1.44%
Delta Electronics Inc 1.18%	Shell PLC 1.43%
Reliance Industries Ltd 0.90%	Royal Bank of Canada 1.38%
HDFC Bank Ltd 0.81%	Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.15%
PDD Holdings Inc 0.66%	Toyota Motor Corp 1.12%
ICICI Bank Ltd 0.62%	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.08%

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.

VWO and VYMI on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VWO Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund	VYMI Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Emerging markets	International High Dividend Yield
Total return, 1 year	+15.6%	+28.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−1.9 pts	+10.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.07%
Already in the S&P 500	0.0%	0.1%
Holdings	6355	1582

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%.

VYMI in plain words

VYMI is an index equity fund tracking the International High Dividend Yield. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +28.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 1582 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VWO or VYMI?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VWO returned +15.6% and VYMI returned +28.2%, so VYMI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VWO or VYMI?: VWO charges 0.06% a year and VYMI charges 0.07%, so VWO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VWO and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VWO and 0% of VYMI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 21% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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