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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +47.3% and JHEM +27.1%.

Which is cheaper, EMXC or JHEM?

EMXC is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EMXC vs JHEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMXC and JHEM hold 55% 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 $1.0bn on Jun 30, 2026 for John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF.

EMXC costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.2 points; EMXC is far larger, $26.1bn against $1.0bn.

EMXC vs JHEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
	EMXC	JHEM
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.49%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$26.1bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+47.3%	+27.1%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	John Hancock Dimensional Emerging Markets Index
Holdings in common	55%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43.8%	28.2%
Below its high	7.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026	4.8%, high on Jun 18, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+47.3%

EMXC total return, 1 year

+27.1%

JHEM total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.49%

JHEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMXC and JHEM hold 55% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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55% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMXC JHEM

SK HYNIX 6.96% 7.71%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 9.19% 5.88%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.81% 4.48%

MEDIATEK 2.13% 2.38%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.96% 1.07%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.78% 0.94%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.70% 0.77%

HDFC BANK 0.83% 0.70%

ICICI BANK 0.73% 0.67%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.21% 0.65%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.65% 0.76%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 0.54% 0.74%

Only in EMXC

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.17%

SK SQUARE 0.73%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.55%

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.53%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 0.52%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 0.50%

AL RAJHI BANK 0.49%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL 0.41%

Only in JHEM

Tencent Holdings Limited 2.23%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.70%

China Construction Bank Corporation 0.81%

Vale S.A. 0.74%

United Microelectronics Corporation 0.72%

PDD Holdings Inc. 0.67%

NetEase Inc. 0.55%

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited 0.52%

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On the same fields

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

JHEM

John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares John Hancock

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

Total return, 1 year +47.3% +27.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +50.0% (KEMX) not published

Gap to its benchmark −2.7 pts vs KEMX not available

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.49%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 613 953

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 9, 2026 and JHEM as of Jun 30, 2026 $25.8bn $1.0bn

EMXC and JHEM 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 JHEM

JHEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 953 positions, with the top ten at 28.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Jun 18, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or JHEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +47.3% and JHEM +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or JHEM?: EMXC is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMXC and JHEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 0% of JHEM 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 ↗JHEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JHEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗John Hancock 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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