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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +26.3% and EMGF +28.0%.

Which is cheaper, EEM or EMGF?

EMGF is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EEM vs EMGF: Differences, Returns & Fees

EEM and EMGF hold 69% of their weight in the same names, and EMGF returned +28.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $31.0bn for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF and $1.9bn for iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF.

EMGF costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.7 points; EEM is 16.1 times larger.

	EEM	EMGF
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.26%
Net assets	$31.0bn	$1.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+26.3%	+28.0%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	STOXX Emerging Markets Equity Factor Index
Holdings in common	69%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.9%	31.8%
Below its high	6.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	6.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+26.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

+28.0%

EMGF total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.26%

EMGF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EEM and EMGF hold 69% 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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69% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EEM EMGF

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 16.02% 10.55%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 7.46% 6.64%

SK HYNIX 5.65% 4.87%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.62% 2.50%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.82% 1.81%

MEDIATEK 1.73% 1.82%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.98% 1.02%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.84% 1.06%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.78% 0.77%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.95% 0.68%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.63% 0.71%

SK SQUARE 0.59% 0.58%

Only in EEM

LENOVO GROUP 0.25%

THE SAUDI NATIONAL BANK 0.24%

CREDICORP LTD 0.21%

BAIDU 0.18%

BCO BTG PACTUAL UNT SA 0.15%

ITAUSA INVESTIMENTOS ITAU PREF SA 0.15%

SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 0.15%

AXIA ENERGIA SA 0.14%

Only in EMGF

BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD 0.29%

INTERNATIONAL GAMES SYSTEM LTD 0.28%

INDIAN RAILWAY FINANCE CORP LTD 0.24%

SAL SAUDI LOGISTICS SERVICE CO 0.23%

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES 0.22%

HINDUSTAN ZINC LTD 0.18%

EXXARO RESOURCES 0.16%

RIYADH CABLES 0.16%

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On the same fields

EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

EMGF

iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

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

Total return, 1 year +26.3% +28.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.0 pts +10.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.26%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1188 717

Net assets $31.0bn $1.9bn

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

EEM in plain words

EEM tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.72% 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 1,188 positions, with the top ten at 38.9%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

EMGF in plain words

EMGF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% 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 717 positions, with the top ten at 31.8%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EEM or EMGF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +26.3% and EMGF +28.0%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or EMGF?: EMGF is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EEM and EMGF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 0% of EMGF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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