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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and VYMI +22.3%.

Which is cheaper, EEM or VYMI?

VYMI is cheaper, by 0.65 percentage points a year. That is about $65 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EEM vs VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EEM returned +16.3% to VYMI's +22.3%; 16% 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 $21.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF.

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At a glance

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

+22.3%

VYMI total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.07%

VYMI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VYMI costs 0.65 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.0 points; EEM is 1.5 times larger.

EEM vs VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EEM	VYMI
Return
Measure	EEM	VYMI
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+22.3%
Drawdown
Measure	EEM	VYMI
Below its high	10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026	4.6%, high on Sep 3, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EEM	VYMI
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index
Cost and size
Measure	EEM	VYMI
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$31.1bn	$21.4bn
Holdings
Measure	EEM	VYMI
Holdings in common	16%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.2%	13.8%

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

Risk and return

Mar 11, 2016 to Oct 23, 2026 · 554 weekly returns

EEM VYMI

Return

Total return edge VYMI +134.9% +188.1%

Annualized edge VYMI +8.3% +10.4%

Price return edge Tie +87.1% +86.8%

Risk

Volatility edge VYMI 18.7% 15.9%

Max drawdown edge VYMI (slight) −39.1% −38.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge VYMI 0.40 0.55

Sortino edge VYMI 0.56 0.78

Calmar edge VYMI 0.21 0.27

Reading

VYMI returned more: +188.1% to +134.9%. VYMI swung less: 15.9% to 18.7%. VYMI fell slightly less at its worst: −38.3% to −39.1%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: EEM vs VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EEM	VYMI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+134.9%	+188.1%	VYMI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+8.3%	+10.4%	VYMI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+87.1%	+86.8%	Tie	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.7%	15.9%	VYMI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.2%	11.4%	VYMI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−39.1%	−38.3%	VYMI (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.40	0.55	VYMI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.56	0.78	VYMI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.21	0.27	VYMI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 554 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

16%

By the books each fund has filed, EEM and VYMI hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EEM VYMI

MEDIATEK 1.54% 1.21%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.82% 0.51%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.59% 0.35%

AL RAJHI BANK 0.42% 0.27%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.38% 0.25%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP 0.33% 0.23%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL 0.37% 0.21%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING 0.37% 0.21%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS 0.37% 0.21%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING 0.34% 0.20%

INFOSYS 0.33% 0.20%

CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING 0.29% 0.18%

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%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.94%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.91%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.79%

Only in VYMI

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.81%

Roche Holding AG 1.56%

Shell PLC 1.48%

Royal Bank of Canada 1.47%

Novartis AG 1.42%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.35%

Nestle SA 1.25%

BHP Group Ltd 1.15%

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Side by side

EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF VYMI Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Emerging markets Tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +22.3%

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1186 1509

Net assets, EEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026 $29.1bn $21.4bn

EEM and VYMI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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EEM and VYMI do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. EEM follows MSCI Emerging Markets Index and VYMI follows FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index.
Holdings in common. 16% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EEM returned +16.3% and VYMI +22.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 6.0 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

VYMI

VYMI tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +22.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 1,509 positions, with the top ten at 13.8%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EEM or VYMI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and VYMI +22.3%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or VYMI?: VYMI is cheaper, by 0.65 percentage points a year. That is about $65 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EEM and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 0% of VYMI 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) ↗

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VYMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VYMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VYMI ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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