Which returned more over the last year, BSV or EMB?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and EMB returned +2.8%, so EMB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or EMB?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and EMB charges 0.39%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BSV vs EMB: how they differ

BSV and EMB hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and EMB returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and EMB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BSV	Only in EMB
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.84%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL RegS 0.50%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	UKRAINE (REPUBLIC OF) C BONDS RegS 0.42%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	ECUADOR REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNMENT) RegS 0.34%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	GHANA (REPUBLIC OF) DISCO RegS 0.31%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	CHINA LIFE INSURANCE OVERSEAS CO L RegS 0.28%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY 0.27%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	ANGOLA (REPUBLIC OF) RegS 0.26%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

BSV and EMB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	EMB iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Short-Term Bond	J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+2.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	−14.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.39%
Holdings	3185	612

BSV in plain words

BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

EMB in plain words

EMB is a bond fund tracking the J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or EMB?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and EMB returned +2.8%, so EMB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or EMB?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and EMB charges 0.39%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BSV against EMB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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