Which returned more over the last year, DVYE or IEMG?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVYE returned +26.5% and IEMG +25.3%.

Which is cheaper, DVYE or IEMG?

IEMG is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DVYE and IEMG overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DVYE vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees

DVYE and IEMG hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and DVYE returned +26.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.2bn for iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF and $160.2bn for iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

IEMG costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; IEMG is far larger, $160.2bn against $1.2bn.

	DVYE	IEMG
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.09%
Net assets	$1.2bn	$160.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+26.5%	+25.3%
What it tracks	Dow Jones Emerging Markets Select Dividend Index	MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	29.2%	34.2%
Below its high		5.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+26.5%

DVYE total return, 1 year

+25.3%

IEMG total return, 1 year

0.49%

DVYE expense ratio

0.09%

IEMG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DVYE and IEMG hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DVYE IEMG

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 3.22% 0.74%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 2.46% 0.45%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 2.50% 0.37%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 4.99% 0.36%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 2.83% 0.35%

GPO FINANCE BANORTE 2.31% 0.18%

AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LTD H 1.43% 0.16%

ORLEN 2.35% 0.16%

CHINA SHENHUA ENERGY LTD H 1.72% 0.13%

ITAUSA INVESTIMENTOS ITAU PREF SA 2.68% 0.13%

BANK PEKAO SA 1.67% 0.09%

CHINA PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL H 1.17% 0.09%

Only in DVYE

SITC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD 2.11%

ECOPETROL SA 1.95%

TERNIUM ADR EACH REPRESENTING TEN 1.02%

THAI FOODS GROUP PCL NON-VOTING DR 1.02%

JBS NV BDR 0.99%

KUMBA IRON ORE LTD 0.49%

CSN MINERACAO SA 0.48%

ZHEJIANG EXPRESSWAY LTD H 0.46%

Only in IEMG

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 14.10%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.56%

SK HYNIX 4.97%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.31%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.59%

MEDIATEK 1.52%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.86%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.83%

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On the same fields

DVYE

iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF

IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets

Total return, 1 year +26.5% +25.3%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.3 pts +8.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 111 2871

Net assets $1.2bn $160.2bn

DVYE and IEMG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DVYE in plain words

DVYE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 111 positions, with the top ten at 29.2%.

IEMG in plain words

IEMG tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +25.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,871 positions, with the top ten at 34.2%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVYE or IEMG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVYE returned +26.5% and IEMG +25.3%.
Which is cheaper, DVYE or IEMG?: IEMG is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVYE and IEMG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DVYE and 0% of IEMG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DVYE and IEMG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DVYE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DVYE ↗IEMG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEMG ↗

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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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