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EEM vs XOP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EEM returned +16.3% to XOP's +62.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $29.1bn for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF and $4.6bn for State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF.

EEM on its own →XOP on its own →
At a glance
+16.3%
EEM total return, 1 year
+62.5%
XOP total return, 1 year
0.72%
EEM expense ratio
0.35%
XOP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XOP costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 46.2 points; EEM is 6.3 times larger.

EEM vs XOP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureEEMXOP
Return
Total return, 1 year+16.3%+62.5%
Drawdown
Below its high10.8%, high on Jun 22, 202624.8%, high on Jun 23, 2014
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI Emerging Markets IndexS&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.72%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$29.1bn$4.6bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.2%

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

What they share

0%

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EEM XOP
SM INVESTMENTS 0.02% 2.65%
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 XOP
RANGE RESOURCES CORP 3.48%
APA CORP 2.92%
MURPHY OIL CORP 2.89%
OVINTIV INC 2.85%
EOG RESOURCES INC 2.82%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.82%
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP 2.81%
CONOCOPHILLIPS 2.79%
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Side by side

EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF XOP State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks an index of Emerging markets Tracks the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Total return, 1 year +16.3% +62.5%
Expense ratio 0.72% 0.35%
Holdings 1186 52
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $29.1bn $4.6bn

EEM and XOP 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.

XOP

XOP tracks the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +62.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 24.8% below its high of Jun 23, 2014 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EEM or XOP?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +16.3% and XOP +62.5%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or XOP?
XOP is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for EEM ↗
XOP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XOP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street 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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