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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IEMG vs SCHB: how they differ

IEMG and SCHB hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and IEMG returned more over the year.

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF and Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IEMG and SCHB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IEMGOnly in SCHB
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 13.46%NVIDIA Corp. 6.64%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.62%Apple, Inc. 5.82%
SK HYNIX 5.38%Microsoft Corp. 3.80%
TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.35%Amazon.com, Inc. 3.20%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.61%Alphabet, Inc. 2.87%
MEDIATEK 1.52%Broadcom, Inc. 2.45%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.86%Alphabet, Inc. 2.29%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.74%Micron Technology, Inc. 1.78%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

IEMG and SCHB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IEMG
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
SCHB
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesSchwab
What it isCore MSCI Emerging MarketsUS broad market
Total return, 1 year+30.6%+17.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+13.1 pts−0.3 pts
Expense ratio0.09%not published
Already in the S&P 5000.0%88.3%
Holdings18322497

IEMG in plain words

IEMG is an index equity fund tracking the Core MSCI Emerging Markets. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +30.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1832 positions, with the top ten at 34.0%. It sat 4.0% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

SCHB in plain words

SCHB is an index equity fund tracking the US broad market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2497 positions, with the top ten at 32.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IEMG or SCHB?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEMG returned +30.6% and SCHB returned +17.2%, so IEMG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
How much do IEMG and SCHB overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IEMG and 88% of SCHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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IEMG against SCHB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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