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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and IEF −3.2%.

Which is cheaper, EMXC or IEF?

IEF is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EMXC vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EMXC returned +33.8% to IEF's −3.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF, and $43.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+33.8%

EMXC total return, 1 year

−3.2%

IEF total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.15%

IEF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEF costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 37.0 points; IEF is 1.6 times larger.

EMXC vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EMXC	IEF
Return
Measure	EMXC	IEF
Total return, 1 year	+33.8%	−3.2%
Drawdown
Measure	EMXC	IEF
Below its high	11.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026	13.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	EMXC	IEF
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	EMXC	IEF
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$26.4bn	$43.5bn
Holdings
Measure	EMXC	IEF
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EMXC and IEF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EMXC IEF

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Only in EMXC

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.91%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 8.58%

SK HYNIX 6.12%

MEDIATEK 1.92%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.14%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 1.02%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.99%

HDFC BANK 0.89%

Only in IEF

TREASURY NOTE 8.82%

TREASURY NOTE 8.80%

TREASURY NOTE 8.74%

TREASURY NOTE 8.68%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 8.68%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 8.65%

TREASURY NOTE 8.48%

TREASURY NOTE 8.40%

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Side by side

EMXC iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +33.8% −3.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +37.0% (KEMX) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −3.2 pts vs KEMX not measured

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.15%

Holdings 696 17

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 28, 2026 and IEF as of Oct 27, 2026 $26.9bn $43.5bn

EMXC and IEF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

EMXC

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +33.8% with distributions reinvested, against +37.0% 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 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 696 positions, with the top ten at 42.2%. It sat 11.3% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

IEF

IEF tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 13.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or IEF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and IEF −3.2%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or IEF?: IEF is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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EMXC on its own →IEF on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →EMXC dividend history →EMXC holdings →IEF dividend history →IEF holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

EMXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EMXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EMXC ↗

IEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEF ↗

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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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