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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and ITOT +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, EMXC or ITOT?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EMXC vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EMXC returned +33.8% to ITOT's +13.4%; 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 $97.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+33.8%

EMXC total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.4 points; ITOT is 3.7 times larger.

EMXC vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EMXC	ITOT
Return
Measure	EMXC	ITOT
Total return, 1 year	+33.8%	+13.4%
Drawdown
Measure	EMXC	ITOT
Below its high	11.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EMXC	ITOT
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Measure	EMXC	ITOT
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$26.4bn	$97.1bn
Holdings
Measure	EMXC	ITOT
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.2%	33.9%

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

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EMXC ITOT

HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD 0.09% 0.04%

BUDIMEX SA 0.03% 0.07%

ABSA GROUP 0.13% 0.01%

MOTOR OIL (HELLAS) CORINTH REFINER 0.05% 0.01%

MTN GROUP 0.23% 0.01%

OUTSURANCE GROUP 0.05% 0.01%

PLDT INC 0.01% 0.09%

SM INVESTMENTS 0.02% 0.01%

VALTERRA PLATINUM LTD 0.20% 0.01%

AK ALROSA 0.00% 0.00%

COP/USD 0.00% 0.24%

EGP/USD 0.00% 0.01%

Only in one fund ↓

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 ITOT

NVIDIA 7.06%

APPLE 6.78%

MICROSOFT 5.28%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.32%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52%

BROADCOM INC 2.18%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.02%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.83%

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Side by side

EMXC iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market

Total return, 1 year +33.8% +13.4%

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% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 88.1%

Holdings 696 2443

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 28, 2026 and ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 $26.9bn $97.1bn

EMXC and ITOT 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.

ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or ITOT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or ITOT?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMXC and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EMXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EMXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EMXC ↗

ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ITOT ↗

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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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