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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and EEM +16.3%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or EEM?

DVY is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 0% of EEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to EEM's +16.3%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $23.4bn for iShares Select Dividend ETF and $29.1bn for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DVY costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; EEM is 1.2 times larger.

DVY vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	EEM
Return
Measure	DVY	EEM
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+16.3%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	EEM
Below its high		10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	EEM
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	EEM
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.72%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.4bn	$29.1bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	EEM
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	37.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY 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 DVY EEM

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

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

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks an index of Emerging markets

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +16.3%

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.72%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 0.0%

Holdings 101 1186

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $23.4bn $29.1bn

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

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About each fund

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

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, DVY or EEM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and EEM +16.3%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or EEM?: DVY is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and EEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 0% of EEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

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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