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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDIV returned +8.2% and VWO +12.1%.

Which is cheaper, EDIV or VWO?

VWO is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EDIV and VWO overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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EDIV vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

EDIV and VWO hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and VWO returned +12.1% over the year. Net assets: $1.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF, and $125.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF.

VWO costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.9 points; VWO is far larger, $125.4bn against $1.2bn.

EDIV vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
	EDIV	VWO
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.2bn	$125.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+8.2%	+12.1%
What it tracks	S&P Emerging Markets Dividend Opportunities Index ?	FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.7%	28.9%
Below its high	4.4%, high on Feb 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+8.2%

EDIV total return, 1 year

+12.1%

VWO total return, 1 year

0.49%

EDIV expense ratio

0.06%

VWO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EDIV and VWO hold 4% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EDIV VWO

FIRSTRAND LTD 1.77% 0.26%

NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT 1.60% 0.20%

SAUDI TELECOM CO 1.91% 0.18%

EMIRATES TELECOM GROUP CO 1.62% 0.16%

MALAYAN BANKING BHD 2.01% 0.16%

PUBLIC BANK BERHAD 1.59% 0.15%

MEGA FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LT 1.38% 0.15%

WISTRON CORP 1.55% 0.14%

CIMB GROUP HOLDINGS BHD 1.97% 0.14%

TENAGA NASIONAL BHD 1.29% 0.13%

PTT PCL/FOREIGN 0.93% 0.12%

CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD 1.52% 0.11%

Only in EDIV

WH GROUP LTD 2.20%

PTT PCL NVDR 1.33%

ADVANCED INFO SERVICE NVDR 1.25%

THAI BEVERAGE PCL 0.80%

KRUK SA 0.55%

ELECTRICITY GENERA PCL NVDR 0.36%

QATAR NAVIGATION 0.30%

CRYSTAL INTERNATIONAL GROUP 0.29%

Only in VWO

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 14.73%

SLCMT1142 3.18%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.90%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.19%

MediaTek Inc 1.47%

MKTLIQ 1.21%

Delta Electronics Inc 0.90%

China Construction Bank Corp 0.86%

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On the same fields

EDIV

State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF

VWO

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +8.2% +12.1%

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 113 6356

Net assets, EDIV as of Oct 8, 2026 and VWO as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.2bn $125.4bn

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

About EDIV

EDIV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +8.2% with distributions reinvested. 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.

About VWO

VWO tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6,356 positions, with the top ten at 28.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EDIV or VWO?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDIV returned +8.2% and VWO +12.1%.
Which is cheaper, EDIV or VWO?: VWO is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EDIV and VWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EDIV and 0% of VWO 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 ↗VWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VWO ↗

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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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