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EMXC vs JEMA: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMXC and JEMA hold 35% of their weight in the same names, and EMXC returned +47.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $25.8bn for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF and $1.8bn for JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

EMXC costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.3 points; EMXC is 14.6 times larger.

EMXC vs JEMA: Differences, Returns & Fees
EMXCJEMA
Expense ratio0.25%0.33%
Net assets$25.8bn$1.8bn
Total return, 1 year+47.3%+33.0%
What it tracksMSCI Emerging Markets ex China IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common35%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund43.8%39.4%
Below its high7.0%, high on Jun 22, 20265.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+47.3%
EMXC total return, 1 year
+33.0%
JEMA total return, 1 year
0.25%
EMXC expense ratio
0.33%
JEMA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMXC and JEMA hold 35% 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 Oct 9, 2026.

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35% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EMXC JEMA
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 9.19% 8.84%
SK HYNIX 6.96% 4.42%
MEDIATEK 2.13% 1.78%
ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.78% 1.09%
SK SQUARE 0.73% 0.80%
DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.21% 0.70%
ICICI BANK 0.73% 0.62%
HDFC BANK 0.83% 0.50%
NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.59% 0.45%
AL RAJHI BANK 0.49% 0.43%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.70% 0.39%
CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING 0.36% 0.40%
Only in EMXC
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.81%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.17%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.96%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.65%
ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.55%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 0.54%
UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.53%
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 0.52%
Only in JEMA
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR 16.02%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 2.84%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.45%
NETEASE INC COMMON STOCK 1.03%
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA 1.00%
BANCO BTG PACTUAL SA 0.91%
SK INC COMMON STOCK KRW 0.73%
PING AN INSURANCE GROUP 0.69%

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On the same fields

EMXC
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF
JEMA
JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares JPMorgan
What it is Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +47.3% +33.0%
Its benchmark over the same days +50.0% (KEMX) +26.3% (EEM)
Gap to its benchmark −2.7 pts vs KEMX +6.7 pts vs EEM
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.33%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.1%
Holdings 613 482
Net assets $25.8bn $1.8bn

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

About EMXC

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +47.3% with distributions reinvested, against +50.0% 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 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 613 positions, with the top ten at 43.8%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About JEMA

JEMA is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +33.0% with distributions reinvested, against +26.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% 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 482 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or JEMA?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +47.3% and JEMA +33.0%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or JEMA?
EMXC is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMXC and JEMA overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 0% of JEMA 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 ↗JEMA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JEMA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan 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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