Which returned more over the last year, IEMG or VCIT?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEMG returned +15.3% and VCIT −1.8%.

Which is cheaper, IEMG or VCIT?

VCIT is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IEMG vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IEMG returned +15.3% to VCIT's −1.8%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $150.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, and $66.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+15.3%

IEMG total return, 1 year

−1.8%

VCIT total return, 1 year

0.09%

IEMG expense ratio

0.03%

VCIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCIT costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.1 points; IEMG is 2.4 times larger.

IEMG vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IEMG	VCIT
Return
Measure	IEMG	VCIT
Total return, 1 year	+15.3%	−1.8%
Drawdown
Measure	IEMG	VCIT
Below its high	10.1%, high on Jun 22, 2026	3.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IEMG	VCIT
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)	Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	IEMG	VCIT
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$160.1bn	$66.6bn
Holdings
Measure	IEMG	VCIT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IEMG and VCIT 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 IEMG VCIT

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IEMG

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 14.03%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.05%

SK HYNIX 4.31%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.32%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.60%

MEDIATEK 1.36%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.83%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.80%

Only in VCIT

MKTLIQ 0.58%

Amazon.com Inc 0.29%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.28%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%

Boeing Co 0.27%

Bank of America Corp 0.27%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.26%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.26%

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Side by side

IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +15.3% −1.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) −1.8% (SCHI)

Gap to its benchmark −1.0 pts vs EEM 0.0 pts vs SCHI

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.03%

Holdings 2857 2340

Net assets, IEMG as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $150.4bn $66.6bn

IEMG and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

IEMG

IEMG tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% 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 2,857 positions, with the top ten at 32.7%. It sat 10.1% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VCIT

VCIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IEMG or VCIT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEMG returned +15.3% and VCIT −1.8%.
Which is cheaper, IEMG or VCIT?: VCIT is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IEMG on its own →VCIT on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IEMG dividend history →IEMG holdings →VCIT dividend history →VCIT holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IEMG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEMG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEMG ↗

VCIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCIT ↗

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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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