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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and VO +12.8%.

Which is cheaper, EEM or VO?

VO 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 VO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EEM vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EEM returned +16.3% to VO's +12.8%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $29.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, and $103.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

+12.8%

VO total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.03%

VO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VO costs 0.69 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.5 points; VO is 3.3 times larger.

EEM vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EEM	VO
Return
Measure	EEM	VO
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+12.8%
Drawdown
Measure	EEM	VO
Below its high	10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026	3.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EEM	VO
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	Morningstar US Mid Cap Index (formerly CRSP US Mid Cap Index)
Cost and size
Measure	EEM	VO
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$31.1bn	$103.4bn
Holdings
Measure	EEM	VO
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.2%	9.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EEM and VO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EEM VO

HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD 0.07% 0.24%

BUDIMEX SA 0.02% 0.48%

PLDT INC 0.01% 0.60%

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 VO

Cloudflare Inc 1.11%

Valero Energy Corp 1.10%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.10%

Phillips 66 1.01%

Quanta Services Inc 0.95%

Vertiv Holdings Co 0.92%

Datadog Inc 0.91%

Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.89%

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Side by side

EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF VO Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Emerging markets Tracks an index of Mid-Cap

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +12.8%

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.1%

Holdings 1186 273

Net assets, EEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VO as of Sep 30, 2026 $29.1bn $103.4bn

EEM and VO 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.

VO tracks an index of Mid-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 273 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EEM or VO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and VO +12.8%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or VO?: VO 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 VO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 91% of VO 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 ↗

VO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VO ↗

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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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