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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, EMXC or VT?

VT 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 VT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EMXC vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EMXC returned +33.8% to VT's +13.5%; 8% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+33.8%

EMXC total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.3 points; VT is 3.2 times larger.

EMXC vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EMXC	VT
Return
Measure	EMXC	VT
Total return, 1 year	+33.8%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	EMXC	VT
Below its high	11.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EMXC	VT
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	EMXC	VT
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$25.3bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	EMXC	VT
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.2%	22.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EMXC and VT hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EMXC VT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.91% 1.62%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 8.58% 0.77%

SK HYNIX 6.12% 0.63%

MEDIATEK 1.92% 0.19%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.99% 0.10%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 1.02% 0.08%

HDFC BANK 0.89% 0.07%

SK SQUARE 0.63% 0.06%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.73% 0.06%

ICICI BANK 0.84% 0.06%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.79% 0.06%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.56% 0.05%

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Only in EMXC

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.14%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 0.50%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 0.47%

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.47%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.46%

GRUPO MEXICO B 0.40%

GPO FINANCE BANORTE 0.30%

MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LTD 0.29%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

Alphabet Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

EMXC iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index 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 Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +33.8% +13.5%

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% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 54.7%

Holdings 696 10194

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 28, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $26.9bn $81.8bn

EMXC and VT 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.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or VT?: VT 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 VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 55% of VT 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 ↗

VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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