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

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

Which is cheaper, EEM or VONG?

VONG 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 VONG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 96% of VONG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EEM vs VONG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EEM returned +16.3% to VONG's +1.1%; 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 $47.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

+1.1%

VONG total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.06%

VONG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VONG costs 0.66 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.2 points; VONG is 1.5 times larger.

EEM vs VONG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EEM	VONG
Return
Measure	EEM	VONG
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+1.1%
Drawdown
Measure	EEM	VONG
Below its high	10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EEM	VONG
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	Russell 1000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	EEM	VONG
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$31.1bn	$47.1bn
Holdings
Measure	EEM	VONG
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.2%	57.6%

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 VONG 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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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EEM VONG

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.39% 0.13%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.38% 0.13%

SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 0.16% 0.01%

MTN GROUP 0.18% 0.01%

AURA MINERALS INC 0.02% 0.01%

X5 RETAIL GROUP GDR NV 0.00% 0.01%

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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 VONG

NVIDIA Corp 15.63%

Apple Inc 7.65%

Alphabet Inc 5.88%

Microsoft Corp 5.59%

Broadcom Inc 4.79%

Alphabet Inc 4.75%

Meta Platforms Inc 3.83%

Micron Technology Inc 3.52%

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Side by side

EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Emerging markets Tracks the Russell 1000 Growth

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +1.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +0.9% (IWF)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.2 pts vs IWF

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 95.5%

Holdings 1186 373

Net assets, EEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VONG as of Sep 30, 2026 $29.1bn $47.1bn

EEM and VONG 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.

VONG

VONG tracks the Russell 1000 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +0.9% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 373 positions, with the top ten at 57.6%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EEM or VONG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and VONG +1.1%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or VONG?: VONG 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 VONG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 96% of VONG 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 ↗

VONG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VONG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VONG ↗

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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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