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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +26.3% and SCHE +12.6%.

Which is cheaper, EEM or SCHE?

SCHE is cheaper, by 0.66 percentage points a year. That is about $66 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EEM vs SCHE: Differences, Returns & Fees

EEM and SCHE hold 56% of their weight in the same names, and EEM returned +26.3% over the year. Net assets: $31.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, and $12.7bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

SCHE costs 0.66 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.7 points; EEM is 1.8 times larger.

	EEM	SCHE
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$16.3bn	$9.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+26.3%	+12.6%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	FTSE Emerging Index
Holdings in common	56%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.9%	30.3%
Below its high	6.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026

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

+26.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

+12.6%

SCHE total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.06%

SCHE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EEM and SCHE hold 56% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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56% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EEM SCHE

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 16.02% 17.05%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.62% 3.15%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.82% 2.57%

MEDIATEK 1.73% 1.88%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.98% 1.40%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.78% 1.04%

HDFC BANK 0.66% 0.83%

ICICI BANK 0.60% 0.65%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.63% 0.59%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.57% 0.88%

ELITE MATERIAL 0.44% 0.44%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 0.43% 0.54%

Only in EEM

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 7.46%

SK HYNIX 5.65%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.95%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.84%

SK SQUARE 0.59%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.53%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.51%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.45%

Only in SCHE

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.63%

Vale SA 0.55%

United Microelectronics Corp 0.50%

Naspers Ltd 0.37%

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 0.33%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.32%

Kuwait Finance House KSCP 0.31%

OTP Bank Nyrt 0.29%

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On the same fields

EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Schwab

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

Total return, 1 year +26.3% +12.6%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.0 pts −4.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1188 2178

Net assets, EEM as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHE as of May 31, 2026 $31.0bn $12.7bn

EEM and SCHE 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.

SCHE in plain words

SCHE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,178 positions, with the top ten at 30.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EEM or SCHE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +26.3% and SCHE +12.6%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or SCHE?: SCHE is cheaper, by 0.66 percentage points a year. That is about $66 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EEM and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 0% of SCHE 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 ↗SCHE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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