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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and ITOT +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, EEM or ITOT?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.69 percentage points a year. That is about $69 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EEM vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EEM returned +16.3% to ITOT's +13.4%; 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 $97.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.69 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points; ITOT is 3.3 times larger.

EEM vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EEM	ITOT
Return
Measure	EEM	ITOT
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+13.4%
Drawdown
Measure	EEM	ITOT
Below its high	10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EEM	ITOT
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Measure	EEM	ITOT
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$29.1bn	$97.1bn
Holdings
Measure	EEM	ITOT
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.2%	33.9%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EEM and ITOT 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 ITOT

HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD 0.07% 0.04%

BUDIMEX SA 0.02% 0.07%

ABSA GROUP 0.10% 0.01%

MOTOR OIL (HELLAS) CORINTH REFINER 0.04% 0.01%

MTN GROUP 0.18% 0.01%

OUTSURANCE GROUP 0.04% 0.01%

PLDT INC 0.01% 0.09%

SM INVESTMENTS 0.02% 0.01%

VALTERRA PLATINUM LTD 0.16% 0.01%

AK ALROSA 0.00% 0.00%

FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDING LTD 0.13% 0.00%

HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANI 0.03% 0.00%

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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 ITOT

NVIDIA 7.06%

APPLE 6.78%

MICROSOFT 5.28%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.32%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52%

BROADCOM INC 2.18%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.02%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.83%

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Side by side

EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Emerging markets Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +13.4%

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 88.1%

Holdings 1186 2443

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $29.1bn $97.1bn

EEM and ITOT 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.

ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EEM or ITOT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or ITOT?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.69 percentage points a year. That is about $69 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EEM and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EEM ↗

ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ITOT ↗

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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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