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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and VPL +24.8%.

Which is cheaper, EMXC or VPL?

VPL 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 VPL overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EMXC vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EMXC returned +33.8% to VPL's +24.8%; 19% 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 $9.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF.

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At a glance

+33.8%

EMXC total return, 1 year

+24.8%

VPL total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.07%

VPL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VPL costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.0 points; EMXC is 2.8 times larger.

EMXC vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EMXC	VPL
Return
Measure	EMXC	VPL
Total return, 1 year	+33.8%	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	EMXC	VPL
Below its high	11.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026	7.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EMXC	VPL
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	EMXC	VPL
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$25.3bn	$9.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EMXC	VPL
Holdings in common	19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.2%	24.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

19%

By the books each fund has filed, EMXC and VPL hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EMXC VPL

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 8.58% 7.11%

SK HYNIX 6.12% 5.82%

SK SQUARE 0.63% 0.58%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.56% 0.48%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP 0.41% 0.33%

HYUNDAI MOTOR 0.32% 0.27%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.30% 0.26%

DOOSAN ENERBILITY LTD 0.22% 0.21%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP 0.25% 0.20%

HANWHA AEROSPACE LTD 0.21% 0.19%

SAMSUNG SDI LTD 0.25% 0.17%

NAVER 0.20% 0.17%

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Only in EMXC

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.91%

MEDIATEK 1.92%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.14%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 1.02%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.99%

HDFC BANK 0.89%

ICICI BANK 0.84%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.79%

Only in VPL

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.98%

BHP Group Ltd 1.69%

SLBBH1142 1.57%

Toyota Motor Corp 1.51%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.37%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.30%

Advantest Corp 1.25%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.25%

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Side by side

EMXC iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +33.8% +24.8%

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% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 696 2343

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 28, 2026 and VPL as of Sep 30, 2026 $26.9bn $9.0bn

EMXC and VPL 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.

VPL

VPL tracks an index of Pacific Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,343 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%. It sat 7.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or VPL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and VPL +24.8%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or VPL?: VPL 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 VPL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 0% of VPL 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 ↗

VPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VPL ↗

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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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