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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and VTWO +14.3%.

Which is cheaper, EEM or VTWO?

VTWO 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 VTWO overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EEM vs VTWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EEM returned +16.3% to VTWO's +14.3%; 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 $16.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF.

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At a glance

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

+14.3%

VTWO total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.06%

VTWO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTWO costs 0.66 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; EEM is 1.9 times larger.

EEM vs VTWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EEM	VTWO
Return
Measure	EEM	VTWO
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+14.3%
Drawdown
Measure	EEM	VTWO
Below its high	10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026	7.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EEM	VTWO
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	Russell 2000 Index
Cost and size
Measure	EEM	VTWO
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$31.1bn	$16.6bn
Holdings
Measure	EEM	VTWO
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.2%	5.4%

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 VTWO 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 VTWO

VALTERRA PLATINUM LTD 0.16% 0.15%

ABSA GROUP 0.10% 0.10%

OUTSURANCE GROUP 0.04% 0.15%

HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANI 0.03% 0.07%

FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDING LTD 0.13% 0.03%

SM INVESTMENTS 0.02% 0.27%

AK ALROSA 0.00% 0.02%

INR/USD 0.00% 0.01%

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 VTWO

SLBBH1142 2.36%

Twist Bioscience Corp 0.42%

Moog Inc 0.36%

10X Genomics Inc 0.35%

JFrog Ltd 0.35%

UMB Financial Corp 0.32%

BrightSpring Health Services Inc 0.31%

Glaukos Corp 0.31%

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Side by side

EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Emerging markets Tracks the Russell 2000

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +14.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.1% (IWM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.2 pts vs IWM

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.5%

Holdings 1186 2002

Net assets, EEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTWO as of Sep 30, 2026 $29.1bn $16.6bn

EEM and VTWO 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.

VTWO

VTWO tracks the Russell 2000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.3% with distributions reinvested, against +14.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,002 positions, with the top ten at 5.4%. It sat 7.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EEM or VTWO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and VTWO +14.3%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or VTWO?: VTWO 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 VTWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 0% of VTWO 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 ↗

VTWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTWO ↗

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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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