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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDIV returned +8.2% and IEMG +25.3%.

Which is cheaper, EDIV 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 EDIV and IEMG overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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EDIV vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees

EDIV and IEMG hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and IEMG returned +25.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF, and $160.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

IEMG costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.1 points; IEMG is far larger, $158.8bn against $1.2bn.

	EDIV	IEMG
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$1.2bn	$158.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+8.2%	+25.3%
What it tracks	S&P Emerging Markets Dividend Opportunities Index ?	MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.7%	34.2%
Below its high	4.4%, high on Feb 25, 2026	5.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+8.2%

EDIV total return, 1 year

+25.3%

IEMG total return, 1 year

0.49%

EDIV expense ratio

0.09%

IEMG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EDIV and IEMG hold 3% 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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3% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EDIV IEMG

FIRSTRAND LTD 1.77% 0.19%

NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT 1.60% 0.16%

SAUDI TELECOM CO 1.91% 0.16%

EMIRATES TELECOM GROUP CO 1.62% 0.14%

WISTRON CORP 1.55% 0.13%

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD 1.52% 0.12%

PUBLIC BANK BERHAD 1.59% 0.11%

CIMB GROUP HOLDINGS BHD 1.97% 0.10%

FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDING CO 1.24% 0.10%

ADVANTECH CO LTD 1.77% 0.08%

UNI PRESIDENT ENTERPRISES CO 1.54% 0.08%

SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LTD 1.23% 0.07%

Only in EDIV

BANCO SANTANDER BRASIL UNIT 2.22%

WH GROUP LTD 2.20%

MALAYAN BANKING BHD 2.01%

CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION INT 1.46%

ADNOC DRILLING CO PJSC 1.46%

MEGA FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LT 1.38%

PTT PCL NVDR 1.33%

FAR EASTONE TELECOMM CO LTD 1.32%

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

EDIV

State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF

IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets

Total return, 1 year +8.2% +25.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.1 pts +8.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 113 2871

Net assets, EDIV as of Oct 8, 2026 and IEMG as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.2bn $160.2bn

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

EDIV in plain words

EDIV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +8.2% 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 113 positions, with the top ten at 22.7%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Feb 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

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, EDIV or IEMG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDIV returned +8.2% and IEMG +25.3%.
Which is cheaper, EDIV 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 EDIV and IEMG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EDIV and 0% of IEMG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EDIV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EDIV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗IEMG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗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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