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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +47.3% and XCEM +43.8%.

Which is cheaper, EMXC or XCEM?

XCEM is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EMXC vs XCEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMXC and XCEM hold 63% 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 $2.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF.

XCEM costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.5 points; EMXC is 12.6 times larger.

	EMXC	XCEM
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.16%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$26.1bn	$2.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+47.3%	+43.8%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	Beta Thematic Emerging Markets ex-China Index
Holdings in common	63%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	44.0%	37.4%
Below its high	7.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026	6.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+47.3%

EMXC total return, 1 year

+43.8%

XCEM total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.16%

XCEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMXC and XCEM hold 63% 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 8, 2026.

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63% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMXC XCEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.88% 14.94%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 9.25% 9.69%

SK HYNIX 7.01% 4.56%

MEDIATEK 2.14% 1.57%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.21% 1.49%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.97% 1.05%

HDFC BANK 0.82% 0.91%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.79% 0.90%

ICICI BANK 0.73% 0.85%

SK SQUARE 0.73% 0.94%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.71% 0.81%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.65% 1.40%

Only in EMXC

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.18%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.56%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.54%

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.53%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 0.51%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 0.50%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.46%

GRUPO MEXICO B 0.38%

Only in XCEM

International Holding Co PJSC 0.81%

iShares Semiconductor ETF 0.79%

VanEck Semiconductor ETF 0.78%

United Microelectronics Corp 0.72%

Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.59%

Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA 0.53%

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 0.51%

Vale SA 0.49%

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On the same fields

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

XCEM

Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Columbia

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

Total return, 1 year +47.3% +43.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +30.0 pts +26.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.16%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 640 449

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 9, 2026 and XCEM as of Jun 30, 2026 $25.8bn $2.1bn

EMXC and XCEM 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.

XCEM in plain words

XCEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +43.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% 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 449 positions, with the top ten at 37.4%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or XCEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +47.3% and XCEM +43.8%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or XCEM?: XCEM is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMXC and XCEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 0% of XCEM 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 ↗XCEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XCEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Columbia 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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