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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMGF returned +28.0% and IEMG +25.3%.

Which is cheaper, EMGF or IEMG?

IEMG is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EMGF vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMGF and IEMG hold 66% of their weight in the same names, and EMGF returned +28.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.9bn for iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF and $160.2bn for iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

IEMG costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.7 points; IEMG is far larger, $160.2bn against $1.9bn.

EMGF vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees
	EMGF	IEMG
Expense ratio	0.26%	0.09%
Net assets	$1.9bn	$160.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+28.0%	+25.3%
What it tracks	STOXX Emerging Markets Equity Factor Index	MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)
Holdings in common	66%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	31.7%	34.0%
Below its high	6.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026	5.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+28.0%

EMGF total return, 1 year

+25.3%

IEMG total return, 1 year

0.26%

EMGF expense ratio

0.09%

IEMG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMGF and IEMG hold 66% 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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66% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMGF IEMG

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 10.48% 14.01%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.58% 6.50%

SK HYNIX 4.82% 4.93%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.56% 2.37%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.85% 1.63%

MEDIATEK 1.81% 1.51%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.02% 0.85%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.06% 0.74%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.77% 0.68%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.67% 0.82%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.71% 0.56%

ICICI BANK 0.56% 0.52%

Only in EMGF

BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD 0.29%

INDIAN RAILWAY FINANCE CORP LTD 0.25%

HINDUSTAN ZINC LTD 0.19%

RIYADH CABLES 0.16%

SILICON MOTION TECHNOLOGY ADR REPT 0.15%

UNITED PLANTATIONS 0.15%

BANK OF MAHARASHTRA LTD 0.13%

CEMEX ADR REPRESENTING PARTICIPAT 0.12%

Only in IEMG

LENOVO GROUP 0.22%

THE SAUDI NATIONAL BANK 0.21%

CREDICORP LTD 0.19%

BAIDU 0.16%

BCO BTG PACTUAL UNT SA 0.14%

SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 0.14%

ITAUSA INVESTIMENTOS ITAU PREF SA 0.13%

AXIA ENERGIA SA 0.12%

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On the same fields

EMGF

iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF

IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets

Total return, 1 year +28.0% +25.3%

Expense ratio 0.26% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 717 2869

Net assets $1.9bn $160.2bn

EMGF and IEMG 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 IEMG

IEMG tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +25.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% 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 2,869 positions, with the top ten at 34.0%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMGF or IEMG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMGF returned +28.0% and IEMG +25.3%.
Which is cheaper, EMGF or IEMG?: IEMG is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMGF and IEMG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMGF and 0% of IEMG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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