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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and IEI −1.1%.

Which is cheaper, EEM or IEI?

IEI is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EEM vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EEM returned +16.3% to IEI's −1.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $29.1bn for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF and $17.0bn for iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

−1.1%

IEI total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.15%

IEI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEI costs 0.57 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.4 points; EEM is 1.7 times larger.

EEM vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EEM	IEI
Return
Measure	EEM	IEI
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	−1.1%
Drawdown
Measure	EEM	IEI
Below its high	10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EEM	IEI
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	EEM	IEI
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$29.1bn	$17.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EEM	IEI
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EEM and IEI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EEM IEI

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Only in IEI

TREASURY NOTE 2.95%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 2.36%

TREASURY NOTE 2.31%

TREASURY NOTE 2.29%

TREASURY NOTE 2.27%

TREASURY NOTE 2.25%

TREASURY NOTE 2.20%

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Side by side

EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Emerging markets Tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +16.3% −1.1%

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.15%

Holdings 1186 82

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $29.1bn $17.0bn

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

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About each fund

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.

IEI

IEI tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EEM or IEI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and IEI −1.1%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or IEI?: IEI is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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EEM on its own →IEI on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →EEM dividend history →EEM holdings →IEI dividend history →IEI holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EEM ↗

IEI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEI ↗

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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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