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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMOP returned +31.0% and IEMG +25.3%.

Which is cheaper, EMOP or IEMG?

IEMG is cheaper, by 0.61 percentage points a year. That is about $61 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EMOP vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMOP and IEMG hold 30% of their weight in the same names, and EMOP returned +31.0% over the year. Net assets: $2.1bn on Oct 8, 2026 for AB Emerging Markets Opportunities ETF, and $160.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

IEMG costs 0.61 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.7 points; IEMG is far larger, $158.8bn against $2.1bn.

EMOP vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees
	EMOP	IEMG
Expense ratio	0.70%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.1bn	$158.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+31.0%	+25.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)
Holdings in common	30%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.5%	34.0%
Below its high	5.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	5.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026

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

+31.0%

EMOP total return, 1 year

+25.3%

IEMG total return, 1 year

0.70%

EMOP expense ratio

0.09%

IEMG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMOP and IEMG hold 30% 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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30% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMOP IEMG

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 17.14% 14.01%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 10.63% 6.50%

SK hynix Inc 8.10% 4.93%

Delta Electronics Inc 3.03% 0.85%

ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.84% 0.56%

ICICI Bank Ltd 3.39% 0.52%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.63% 0.34%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.30% 2.37%

Asia Vital Components Co Ltd 0.74% 0.25%

Accton Technology Corp 0.78% 0.23%

Gold Fields Ltd 0.41% 0.23%

ORLEN SA 2.30% 0.17%

Only in EMOP

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV 2.88%

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd 2.54%

Colgate-Palmolive Co 2.53%

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV 2.17%

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc 1.81%

TIM SA/Brazil 1.64%

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd 1.60%

KT Corp 1.39%

Only in IEMG

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.63%

MEDIATEK 1.51%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.82%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.74%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.68%

HDFC BANK 0.60%

SK SQUARE 0.51%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.50%

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On the same fields

EMOP

AB Emerging Markets Opportunities ETF

IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer AllianceBernstein iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets

Total return, 1 year +31.0% +25.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +26.3% (EEM) not published

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs EEM not available

Expense ratio 0.70% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 2.5% 0.0%

Holdings 56 2869

Net assets, EMOP as of Oct 8, 2026 and IEMG as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.1bn $160.2bn

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

About EMOP

EMOP is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +31.0% with distributions reinvested, against +26.3% 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 5.2% 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, EMOP or IEMG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMOP returned +31.0% and IEMG +25.3%.
Which is cheaper, EMOP or IEMG?: IEMG is cheaper, by 0.61 percentage points a year. That is about $61 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMOP and IEMG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 2% of EMOP and 0% of IEMG 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) ↗IEMG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IEMG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗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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