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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +47.3% and SCHE +12.6%.

Which is cheaper, EMXC or SCHE?

SCHE is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EMXC vs SCHE: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMXC and SCHE hold 49% 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 $12.7bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

SCHE costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 34.7 points; EMXC is 1.6 times larger.

	EMXC	SCHE
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$15.0bn	$9.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+47.3%	+12.6%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	FTSE Emerging Index
Holdings in common	49%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	44.0%	30.3%
Below its high	7.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+47.3%

EMXC total return, 1 year

+12.6%

SCHE total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.06%

SCHE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMXC and SCHE hold 49% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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49% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMXC SCHE

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.88% 17.05%

MEDIATEK 2.14% 1.88%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.21% 1.40%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.97% 1.04%

HDFC BANK 0.82% 0.83%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.71% 0.88%

ICICI BANK 0.73% 0.65%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.79% 0.59%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 0.53% 0.54%

AL RAJHI BANK 0.49% 0.49%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.46% 0.46%

ELITE MATERIAL 0.54% 0.44%

Only in EMXC

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 9.25%

SK HYNIX 7.01%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.18%

SK SQUARE 0.73%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.65%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.56%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.54%

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.53%

Only in SCHE

Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.15%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%

China Construction Bank Corp 0.88%

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.63%

PDD Holdings Inc 0.60%

Xiaomi Corp 0.57%

Vale SA 0.55%

United Microelectronics Corp 0.50%

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On the same fields

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Schwab

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

Total return, 1 year +47.3% +12.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +30.0 pts −4.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 640 2178

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHE as of May 31, 2026 $25.8bn $12.7bn

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

EMXC in plain words

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +47.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 640 positions, with the top ten at 44.0%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SCHE in plain words

SCHE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,178 positions, with the top ten at 30.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or SCHE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +47.3% and SCHE +12.6%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or SCHE?: SCHE is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMXC and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 0% of SCHE 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 ↗SCHE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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