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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +47.3% and FNDE +23.8%.

Which is cheaper, EMXC or FNDE?

EMXC is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EMXC vs FNDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMXC and FNDE hold 26% of their weight in the same names, and EMXC returned +47.3% over the year. Net assets: $25.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF, and $9.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

EMXC costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 23.5 points; EMXC is 2.3 times larger.

	EMXC	FNDE
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.39%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$15.0bn	$6.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+47.3%	+23.8%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	44.0%	27.4%
Below its high	7.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+47.3%

EMXC total return, 1 year

+23.8%

FNDE total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.39%

FNDE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMXC and FNDE hold 26% 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 8, 2026.

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26% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMXC FNDE

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.88% 6.48%

MEDIATEK 2.14% 1.79%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.97% 3.31%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.79% 1.20%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.21% 0.77%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.71% 0.80%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 0.54% 0.59%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 0.47% 0.49%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS 0.46% 2.48%

HDFC BANK 0.82% 0.44%

ICICI BANK 0.73% 0.42%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL 0.41% 0.74%

Only in EMXC

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 9.25%

SK HYNIX 7.01%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.18%

SK SQUARE 0.73%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.65%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.56%

ELITE MATERIAL 0.54%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.54%

Only in FNDE

Vale SA 3.03%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.71%

China Construction Bank Corp 2.38%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.34%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.51%

JD.com Inc 1.38%

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 1.28%

PetroChina Co Ltd 1.25%

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On the same fields

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

FNDE

Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Schwab

What it is Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +47.3% +23.8%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +30.0 pts +6.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.39%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 640 354

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 9, 2026 and FNDE as of May 31, 2026 $25.8bn $9.6bn

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

EMXC in plain words

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +47.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 640 positions, with the top ten at 44.0%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

FNDE in plain words

FNDE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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, EMXC or FNDE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +47.3% and FNDE +23.8%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or FNDE?: EMXC is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMXC and FNDE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 0% of FNDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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