Which returned more over the last year, AOR or EEM?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and EEM +16.3%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or EEM?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AOR and EEM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 0% of EEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to EEM's +16.3%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $29.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.57 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.5 points; EEM is 7.5 times larger.

AOR vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	EEM
Return
Measure	AOR	EEM
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+16.3%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	EEM
Below its high		10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	EEM
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	EEM
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.72%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$29.1bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	EEM
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	37.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and EEM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR EEM

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AOR

ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%

ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%

ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%

iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%

ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%

ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%

Only in EEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 15.98%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.88%

SK HYNIX 4.91%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.64%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.82%

MEDIATEK 1.54%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.94%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.91%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks an index of Emerging markets

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +16.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.72%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 7 1186

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and EEM as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $29.1bn

AOR and EEM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

EEM

EEM tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.72% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,186 positions, with the top ten at 37.2%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or EEM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and EEM +16.3%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or EEM?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and EEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 0% of EEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EEM ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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