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IEMG vs JEMA: Differences, Returns & Fees

IEMG and JEMA hold 36% of their weight in the same names, and JEMA returned +33.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $160.2bn for iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF and $1.8bn for JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

IEMG costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.7 points; IEMG is far larger, $160.2bn against $1.8bn.

IEMGJEMA
Expense ratio0.09%0.33%
Net assets$160.2bn$1.8bn
Total return, 1 year+25.3%+33.0%
What it tracksMSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)No index, actively managed
Holdings in common36%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.2%39.4%
Below its high5.3%, high on Jun 22, 20265.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+25.3%
IEMG total return, 1 year
+33.0%
JEMA total return, 1 year
0.09%
IEMG expense ratio
0.33%
JEMA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IEMG and JEMA hold 36% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

36% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IEMG JEMA
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.56% 8.84%
SK HYNIX 4.97% 4.42%
TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.31% 2.84%
MEDIATEK 1.52% 1.78%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.59% 1.45%
DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.86% 0.70%
ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.56% 1.09%
ICICI BANK 0.52% 0.62%
SK SQUARE 0.52% 0.80%
HDFC BANK 0.59% 0.50%
NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.40% 0.45%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.50% 0.39%
Only in IEMG
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 14.10%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.83%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.74%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.68%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.46%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.45%
ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.38%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 0.38%
Only in JEMA
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR 16.02%
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA 1.00%
BANCO BTG PACTUAL SA 0.91%
SK INC COMMON STOCK KRW 0.73%
PING AN INSURANCE GROUP 0.69%
CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX 0.65%
GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE 0.57%
AIA GROUP LTD COMMON 0.53%

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On the same fields

IEMG
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
JEMA
JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares JPMorgan
What it is Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +25.3% +33.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +8.1 pts +15.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.33%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.1%
Holdings 2871 482
Net assets $160.2bn $1.8bn

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

IEMG in plain words

IEMG tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +25.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% 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 2,871 positions, with the top ten at 34.2%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

JEMA in plain words

JEMA is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +33.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% 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 482 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IEMG or JEMA?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEMG returned +25.3% and JEMA +33.0%.
Which is cheaper, IEMG or JEMA?
IEMG 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 IEMG and JEMA overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IEMG and 0% of JEMA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
IEMG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IEMG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEMG ↗JEMA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JEMA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan 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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