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

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

Which is cheaper, EMXC or VTI?

VTI is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EMXC vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EMXC returned +33.8% to VTI's +13.5%; 0% 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 $689.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+33.8%

EMXC total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VTI total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.03%

VTI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTI costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.3 points; VTI is far larger, $689.2bn against $25.3bn.

EMXC vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EMXC	VTI
Return
Measure	EMXC	VTI
Total return, 1 year	+33.8%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	EMXC	VTI
Below its high	11.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EMXC	VTI
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	Morningstar US Total Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	EMXC	VTI
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$25.3bn	$689.2bn
Holdings
Measure	EMXC	VTI
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.2%	34.7%

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 VTI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EMXC VTI

HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD 0.09% 0.03%

BUDIMEX SA 0.03% 0.07%

MOTOR OIL (HELLAS) CORINTH REFINER 0.05% 0.01%

SM INVESTMENTS 0.02% 0.01%

PLDT INC 0.01% 0.08%

MTN GROUP 0.23% 0.01%

OUTSURANCE GROUP 0.05% 0.01%

SANLAM LIMITED LTD 0.10% 0.01%

VALTERRA PLATINUM LTD 0.20% 0.01%

ABSA GROUP 0.13% 0.00%

HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANI 0.03% 0.00%

PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION SA 0.07% 0.00%

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Only in EMXC

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.91%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 8.58%

SK HYNIX 6.12%

MEDIATEK 1.92%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.14%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 1.02%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.99%

HDFC BANK 0.89%

Only in VTI

NVIDIA Corp 7.14%

Apple Inc 6.63%

Microsoft Corp 5.20%

Amazon.com Inc 3.30%

Alphabet Inc 2.76%

Broadcom Inc 2.28%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.18%

Alphabet Inc 2.18%

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Side by side

EMXC iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market 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 US total market

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% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 88.1%

Holdings 696 3521

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026 $26.9bn $689.2bn

EMXC and VTI 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.

VTI

VTI tracks an index of US total market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,521 positions, with the top ten at 34.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or VTI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and VTI +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or VTI?: VTI is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMXC and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 88% of VTI 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 ↗

VTI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTI ↗

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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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