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ESGE vs JHEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGE and JHEM hold 48% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $6.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF, and $1.0bn on Jun 30, 2026 for John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF.

ESGE costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; ESGE is 6.8 times larger.

ESGE vs JHEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
ESGEJHEM
Expense ratio0.25%0.49%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$6.9bn$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year+26.7%+27.1%
What it tracksMSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus IndexJohn Hancock Dimensional Emerging Markets Index
Holdings in common48%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.4%28.2%
Below its high4.6%, high on Jun 22, 20264.8%, high on Jun 18, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+26.7%
ESGE total return, 1 year
+27.1%
JHEM total return, 1 year
0.25%
ESGE expense ratio
0.49%
JHEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGE and JHEM hold 48% 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 9, 2026.

half

48% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ESGE JHEM
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 7.46% 5.88%
SK HYNIX 5.74% 7.71%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 15.97% 4.48%
TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.40% 2.23%
MEDIATEK 1.75% 2.38%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.64% 1.70%
ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.70% 0.94%
HDFC BANK 0.79% 0.70%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.68% 1.07%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.68% 0.76%
DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.13% 0.65%
ICICI BANK 0.53% 0.67%
Only in ESGE
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.21%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.04%
AL RAJHI BANK 0.75%
B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 0.68%
UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.68%
SK SQUARE 0.67%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.63%
MOTIVA INFRAESTRUTURA DE MOBILIDAD 0.59%
Only in JHEM
Vale S.A. 0.74%
United Microelectronics Corporation 0.72%
PDD Holdings Inc. 0.67%
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited 0.52%
Bank of China Limited 0.47%
Bharti Airtel Limited 0.46%
Kia Corporation 0.46%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. PETROBRAS 0.42%

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On the same fields

ESGE
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF
JHEM
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares John Hancock
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +26.7% +27.1%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.49%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 296 953
Net assets, ESGE as of Oct 9, 2026 and JHEM as of Jun 30, 2026 $6.9bn $1.0bn

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

About ESGE

ESGE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 296 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About JHEM

JHEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% 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 953 positions, with the top ten at 28.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Jun 18, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ESGE or JHEM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGE returned +26.7% and JHEM +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, ESGE or JHEM?
ESGE is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ESGE and JHEM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ESGE and 0% of JHEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ESGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGE ↗JHEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JHEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗John Hancock 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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