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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and IXUS +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, EMXC or IXUS?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EMXC vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EMXC returned +33.8% to IXUS's +14.1%; 22% 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 $57.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+33.8%

EMXC total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.7 points; IXUS is 2.2 times larger.

EMXC vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EMXC	IXUS
Return
Measure	EMXC	IXUS
Total return, 1 year	+33.8%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	EMXC	IXUS
Below its high	11.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EMXC	IXUS
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Measure	EMXC	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$26.4bn	$57.6bn
Holdings
Measure	EMXC	IXUS
Holdings in common	22%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.2%	13.5%

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

Risk and return

Aug 4, 2017 to Oct 23, 2026 · 481 weekly returns

EMXC IXUS

Return

Total return edge EMXC +122.9% +100.1%

Annualized edge EMXC +9.1% +7.8%

Price return edge EMXC +80.5% +54.5%

Risk

Volatility edge IXUS 19.2% 17.1%

Max drawdown edge IXUS −40.7% −34.6%

Downside capture 97.9% 99.4%

Beta 0.97 0.99

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge EMXC (slight) 0.41 0.37

Sortino edge EMXC (slight) 0.57 0.51

Treynor 0.098 0.068

Calmar edge Tie 0.22 0.22

Against the benchmark

Alpha −0.8% a year +0.3% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.59 0.64

Information ratio −0.30 0.14

Tracking error 3.6% 1.5%

Each against its own benchmark: EMXC against KEMX, Apr 18, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026; IXUS against ACWX, Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

EMXC returned more: +122.9% to +100.1%. IXUS swung less: 17.1% to 19.2%. IXUS fell less at its worst: −34.6% to −40.7%.

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Risk and return: EMXC vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EMXC	IXUS	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+122.9%	+100.1%	EMXC	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+9.1%	+7.8%	EMXC	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+80.5%	+54.5%	EMXC	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.2%	17.1%	IXUS	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.8%	12.3%	IXUS	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−40.7%	−34.6%	IXUS	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	92.3%	99.6%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	97.9%	99.4%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.97	0.99	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.97	0.99	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.41	0.37	EMXC (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.57	0.51	EMXC (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.098	0.068		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.22	0.22	Tie	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	KEMX	ACWX		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−0.8% a year	+0.3% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.59	0.64	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−3.3% to +1.8%	−0.5% to +1.1%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−0.30	0.14		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	3.6%	1.5%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 481 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

22%

By the books each fund has filed, EMXC and IXUS hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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22% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EMXC IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.91% 4.39%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 8.58% 1.90%

SK HYNIX 6.12% 1.35%

MEDIATEK 1.92% 0.43%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.14% 0.25%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.99% 0.22%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 1.02% 0.22%

HDFC BANK 0.89% 0.20%

ICICI BANK 0.84% 0.19%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.79% 0.17%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.73% 0.16%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 0.64% 0.14%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EMXC

TMBTHANACHART BANK NON-VOTING DR P 0.02%

AED/USD 0.00%

Only in IXUS

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

SHELL 0.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

NOVARTIS AG 0.69%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.62%

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Side by side

EMXC iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +33.8% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +37.0% (KEMX) +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark −3.2 pts vs KEMX −0.2 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 696 4584

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 28, 2026 and IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 $26.9bn $57.6bn

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

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EMXC and IXUS do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. EMXC follows MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index and IXUS follows MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI.
Holdings in common. 22% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EMXC returned +33.8% and IXUS +14.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 19.7 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 4,584 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and IXUS +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or IXUS?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMXC and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 0% of IXUS 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) ↗

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IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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