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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +26.3% and JHEM +27.1%.

Which is cheaper, EEM or JHEM?

JHEM is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EEM vs JHEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

EEM and JHEM hold 58% of their weight in the same names, and JHEM returned +27.1% over the year. Net assets: $31.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, and $1.0bn on Jun 30, 2026 for John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF.

JHEM costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; EEM is far larger, $30.3bn against $1.0bn.

	EEM	JHEM
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.49%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$30.3bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+26.3%	+27.1%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	John Hancock Dimensional Emerging Markets Index
Holdings in common	58%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.9%	28.2%
Below its high	6.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	4.8%, high on Jun 18, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+26.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

+27.1%

JHEM total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.49%

JHEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EEM and JHEM hold 58% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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58% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EEM JHEM

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 7.46% 5.88%

SK HYNIX 5.65% 7.71%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 16.02% 4.48%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.62% 2.23%

MEDIATEK 1.73% 2.38%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.82% 1.70%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.78% 1.07%

HDFC BANK 0.66% 0.70%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.98% 0.65%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.63% 0.94%

ICICI BANK 0.60% 0.67%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.57% 0.77%

Only in EEM

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.95%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.84%

SK SQUARE 0.59%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.51%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.43%

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.43%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.42%

XIAOMI 0.42%

Only in JHEM

Vale S.A. 0.74%

United Microelectronics Corporation 0.72%

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited 0.52%

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. PETROBRAS 0.42%

Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation 0.42%

Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.37%

Naspers Limited 0.34%

Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de C.V. 0.34%

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On the same fields

EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

JHEM

John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares John Hancock

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

Total return, 1 year +26.3% +27.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.0 pts +9.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.49%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1188 953

Net assets, EEM as of Oct 9, 2026 and JHEM as of Jun 30, 2026 $31.0bn $1.0bn

EEM and JHEM 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.

JHEM in plain words

JHEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 953 positions, with the top ten at 28.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Jun 18, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EEM or JHEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +26.3% and JHEM +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or JHEM?: JHEM is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EEM and JHEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 0% of JHEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EEM ↗JHEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JHEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗John Hancock website ↗

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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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