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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMGF returned +28.0% and FNDE +23.8%.

Which is cheaper, EMGF or FNDE?

EMGF is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EMGF vs FNDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMGF and FNDE hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and EMGF returned +28.0% over the year. Net assets: $1.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF, and $9.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

EMGF costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.2 points; FNDE is 8.9 times larger.

EMGF vs FNDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
	EMGF	FNDE
Expense ratio	0.26%	0.39%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$724m	$6.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+28.0%	+23.8%
What it tracks	STOXX Emerging Markets Equity Factor Index	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	31.7%	27.4%
Below its high	6.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026

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

+28.0%

EMGF total return, 1 year

+23.8%

FNDE total return, 1 year

0.26%

EMGF expense ratio

0.39%

FNDE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMGF and FNDE hold 29% 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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29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMGF FNDE

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 10.48% 6.48%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.85% 2.71%

MEDIATEK 1.81% 1.79%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.56% 1.51%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.77% 3.31%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.02% 0.77%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.71% 1.20%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS 0.49% 2.48%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.48% 0.80%

HDFC BANK 0.42% 0.44%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 0.42% 0.49%

ICICI BANK 0.56% 0.42%

Only in EMGF

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.58%

SK HYNIX 4.82%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.06%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.76%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.67%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.65%

SK SQUARE 0.57%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.51%

Only in FNDE

Vale SA 3.03%

China Construction Bank Corp 2.38%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.34%

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 1.28%

Bank of China Ltd 1.19%

United Microelectronics Corp 1.15%

Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd 1.11%

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp 0.95%

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On the same fields

EMGF

iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF

FNDE

Schwab Fundamental 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 +28.0% +23.8%

Expense ratio 0.26% 0.39%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 717 354

Net assets, EMGF as of Oct 9, 2026 and FNDE as of May 31, 2026 $1.9bn $9.6bn

EMGF and FNDE 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 FNDE

FNDE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% 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 354 positions, with the top ten at 27.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMGF or FNDE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMGF returned +28.0% and FNDE +23.8%.
Which is cheaper, EMGF or FNDE?: EMGF is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMGF and FNDE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMGF and 0% of FNDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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