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EMGF vs JHEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMGF and JHEM hold 51% 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 $1.0bn on Jun 30, 2026 for John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF.

EMGF costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points; EMGF is 1.9 times larger.

EMGF vs JHEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
EMGFJHEM
Expense ratio0.26%0.49%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.9bn$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year+28.0%+27.1%
What it tracksSTOXX Emerging Markets Equity Factor IndexJohn Hancock Dimensional Emerging Markets Index
Holdings in common51%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund31.7%28.2%
Below its high6.4%, high on Jun 22, 20264.8%, high on Jun 18, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+28.0%
EMGF total return, 1 year
+27.1%
JHEM total return, 1 year
0.26%
EMGF expense ratio
0.49%
JHEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMGF and JHEM hold 51% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

51% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EMGF JHEM
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.58% 5.88%
SK HYNIX 4.82% 7.71%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 10.48% 4.48%
TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.56% 2.23%
MEDIATEK 1.81% 2.38%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.85% 1.70%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.77% 1.07%
ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.71% 0.94%
DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.02% 0.65%
ICICI BANK 0.56% 0.67%
PDD HOLDINGS ADS 0.53% 0.67%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.51% 0.76%
Only in EMGF
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%
CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 0.49%
B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 0.46%
UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.45%
Only in JHEM
China Construction Bank Corporation 0.81%
Vale S.A. 0.74%
United Microelectronics Corporation 0.72%
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited 0.52%
Bank of China Limited 0.47%
Lenovo Group Limited 0.46%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. PETROBRAS 0.42%
Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation 0.42%

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On the same fields

EMGF
iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF
JHEM
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares John Hancock
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +28.0% +27.1%
Expense ratio 0.26% 0.49%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 717 953
Net assets, EMGF as of Oct 9, 2026 and JHEM as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.9bn $1.0bn

EMGF and JHEM 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 JHEM

JHEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 953 positions, with the top ten at 28.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Jun 18, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMGF or JHEM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMGF returned +28.0% and JHEM +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, EMGF or JHEM?
EMGF is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMGF and JHEM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMGF and 0% of JHEM 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 ↗JHEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JHEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗John Hancock 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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