Which returned more over the last year, EEMV or SCHE?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEMV returned +18.3% and SCHE +12.6%.

Which is cheaper, EEMV or SCHE?

SCHE is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EEMV and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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EEMV vs SCHE: Differences, Returns & Fees

EEMV and SCHE hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and EEMV returned +18.3% over the year. Net assets: $3.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF, and $12.7bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

SCHE costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.7 points; SCHE is 2.3 times larger.

	EEMV	SCHE
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$4.1bn	$9.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.3%	+12.6%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility (USD) Index	FTSE Emerging Index
Holdings in common	18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.7%	30.3%
Below its high	3.7%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+18.3%

EEMV total return, 1 year

+12.6%

SCHE total return, 1 year

0.25%

EEMV expense ratio

0.06%

SCHE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EEMV and SCHE hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EEMV SCHE

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.63% 17.05%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.46% 1.40%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.78% 0.59%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 1.06% 0.54%

XIAOMI 0.52% 0.57%

AL RAJHI BANK 0.61% 0.49%

MEDIATEK 0.45% 1.88%

ELITE MATERIAL 0.71% 0.44%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL 1.45% 0.41%

INFOSYS 0.75% 0.39%

ACCTON TECHNOLOGY 0.94% 0.36%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.33% 0.88%

Only in EEMV

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 1.77%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.73%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 1.61%

SAMSUNG SDI LTD 1.56%

SK HYNIX 1.55%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.53%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 1.34%

TAIWAN COOPERATIVE FINANCIAL HOLDI 1.17%

Only in SCHE

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.63%

PDD Holdings Inc 0.60%

Vale SA 0.55%

United Microelectronics Corp 0.50%

Meituan 0.46%

Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd 0.46%

Bank of China Ltd 0.42%

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On the same fields

EEMV

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Schwab

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +18.3% +12.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.0 pts −4.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 299 2178

Net assets, EEMV as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHE as of May 31, 2026 $3.6bn $12.7bn

EEMV and SCHE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

EEMV in plain words

EEMV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 299 positions, with the top ten at 15.7%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SCHE in plain words

SCHE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,178 positions, with the top ten at 30.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EEMV or SCHE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEMV returned +18.3% and SCHE +12.6%.
Which is cheaper, EEMV or SCHE?: SCHE is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EEMV and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEMV and 0% of SCHE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EEMV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EEMV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EEMV ↗SCHE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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