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

In the year to Oct 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMOP returned +33.9% and EMXC +49.9%.

Which is cheaper, EMOP or EMXC?

EMXC is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 2% of EMOP and 0% of EMXC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EMOP vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMOP and EMXC hold 38% of their weight in the same names, and EMXC returned +49.9% over the year. Net assets: $2.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for AB Emerging Markets Opportunities ETF, and $25.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF.

EMXC costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.0 points; EMXC is 11.9 times larger.

EMOP vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees
	EMOP	EMXC
Expense ratio	0.70%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.1bn	$25.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+33.9%	+49.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index
Holdings in common	38%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.5%	43.8%
Below its high	6.1%, high on Jun 22, 2026	7.9%, high on Jun 22, 2026

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

+33.9%

EMOP total return, 1 year

+49.9%

EMXC total return, 1 year

0.70%

EMOP expense ratio

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMOP and EMXC hold 38% 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.

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38% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMOP EMXC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 17.14% 19.81%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 10.63% 9.19%

SK hynix Inc 8.10% 6.96%

Delta Electronics Inc 3.03% 1.21%

ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.84% 0.78%

ICICI Bank Ltd 3.39% 0.73%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.63% 0.47%

Asia Vital Components Co Ltd 0.74% 0.35%

Accton Technology Corp 0.78% 0.34%

Gold Fields Ltd 0.41% 0.33%

ORLEN SA 2.30% 0.24%

Kia Corp 1.60% 0.19%

Only in EMOP

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV 2.88%

China Merchants Bank Co Ltd 2.64%

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd 2.54%

Colgate-Palmolive Co 2.53%

China CITIC Bank Corp Ltd 2.33%

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV 2.17%

PetroChina Co Ltd 2.17%

H World Group Ltd 1.95%

Only in EMXC

MEDIATEK 2.13%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.17%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.96%

HDFC BANK 0.83%

SK SQUARE 0.73%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.70%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.65%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.59%

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On the same fields

EMOP

AB Emerging Markets Opportunities ETF

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer AllianceBernstein iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China

Total return, 1 year +33.9% +49.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +29.8% (EEM) +53.0% (KEMX)

Gap to its benchmark +4.0 pts vs EEM −3.1 pts vs KEMX

Expense ratio 0.70% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 2.5% 0.0%

Holdings 56 613

Net assets, EMOP as of Jun 30, 2026 and EMXC as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.1bn $25.8bn

EMOP and EMXC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About EMOP

EMOP is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 12, 2026 it returned +33.9% with distributions reinvested, against +29.8% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.70% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 2% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 56 positions, with the top ten at 55.5%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 12, 2026.

About EMXC

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 12, 2026 it returned +49.9% with distributions reinvested, against +53.0% 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 7.9% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 12, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMOP or EMXC?: In the year to Oct 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMOP returned +33.9% and EMXC +49.9%.
Which is cheaper, EMOP or EMXC?: EMXC is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMOP and EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 2% of EMOP and 0% of EMXC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EMOP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMOP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗EMXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗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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