Which returned more over the last year, EMGF or EMXC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMGF returned +28.0% and EMXC +47.3%.

Which is cheaper, EMGF or EMXC?

EMXC is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EMGF and EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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EMGF vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMGF and EMXC hold 59% of their weight in the same names, and EMXC returned +47.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.9bn for iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF and $25.8bn for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF.

EMXC costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.3 points; EMXC is 13.3 times larger.

EMGF vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees
	EMGF	EMXC
Expense ratio	0.26%	0.25%
Net assets	$1.9bn	$25.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+28.0%	+47.3%
What it tracks	STOXX Emerging Markets Equity Factor Index	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index
Holdings in common	59%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	31.7%	43.8%
Below its high	6.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026	7.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+28.0%

EMGF total return, 1 year

+47.3%

EMXC total return, 1 year

0.26%

EMGF expense ratio

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMGF and EMXC hold 59% 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 Oct 9, 2026.

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59% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMGF EMXC

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 10.48% 19.81%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.58% 9.19%

SK HYNIX 4.82% 6.96%

MEDIATEK 1.81% 2.13%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.02% 1.21%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.77% 0.96%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.71% 0.78%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.67% 1.17%

SK SQUARE 0.57% 0.73%

ICICI BANK 0.56% 0.73%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.51% 0.65%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 0.49% 0.50%

Only in EMGF

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.56%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.85%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.06%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.76%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.65%

PDD HOLDINGS ADS 0.53%

NETEASE 0.45%

PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) CO OF CH 0.34%

Only in EMXC

THE SAUDI NATIONAL BANK 0.30%

CREDICORP LTD 0.26%

BCO BTG PACTUAL UNT SA 0.20%

ITAUSA INVESTIMENTOS ITAU PREF SA 0.19%

SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 0.19%

AXIA ENERGIA SA 0.16%

ETERNAL 0.16%

CEMEX CPO 0.15%

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On the same fields

EMGF

iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China

Total return, 1 year +28.0% +47.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +50.0% (KEMX)

Gap to its benchmark not available −2.7 pts vs KEMX

Expense ratio 0.26% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 717 613

Net assets $1.9bn $25.8bn

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

About EMGF

EMGF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% 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 717 positions, with the top ten at 31.7%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About EMXC

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +47.3% with distributions reinvested, against +50.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index. 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 613 positions, with the top ten at 43.8%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMGF or EMXC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMGF returned +28.0% and EMXC +47.3%.
Which is cheaper, EMGF or EMXC?: EMXC is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMGF and EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMGF and 0% of EMXC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EMGF and EMXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMGF and EMXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EMGF ↗iShares page for EMXC ↗

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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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