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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEMG returned +15.3% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, IEMG or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IEMG and VT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IEMG and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IEMG vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IEMG returned +15.3% to VT's +13.5%; 10% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+15.3%

IEMG total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.09%

IEMG expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points; IEMG is 2.0 times larger.

IEMG vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IEMG	VT
Return
Measure	IEMG	VT
Total return, 1 year	+15.3%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	IEMG	VT
Below its high	10.1%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IEMG	VT
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	IEMG	VT
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$160.1bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IEMG	VT
Holdings in common	10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.7%	22.5%

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

Risk and return

Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 729 weekly returns

IEMG VT

Return

Total return edge VT +120.7% +342.2%

Annualized edge VT +5.8% +11.2%

Price return edge VT +56.0% +225.2%

Risk

Volatility edge VT 18.2% 15.4%

Max drawdown edge VT −37.1% −32.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge VT 0.30 0.65

Sortino edge VT 0.42 0.93

Calmar edge VT 0.16 0.34

Reading

VT returned more: +342.2% to +120.7%. VT swung less: 15.4% to 18.2%. VT fell less at its worst: −32.6% to −37.1%.

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Risk and return: IEMG vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IEMG	VT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+120.7%	+342.2%	VT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+5.8%	+11.2%	VT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+56.0%	+225.2%	VT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.2%	15.4%	VT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.0%	10.8%	VT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−37.1%	−32.6%	VT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.30	0.65	VT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.42	0.93	VT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.16	0.34	VT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 729 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

10%

By the books each fund has filed, IEMG and VT hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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10% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IEMG VT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 14.03% 1.62%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.05% 0.77%

SK HYNIX 4.31% 0.63%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.32% 0.29%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.60% 0.22%

MEDIATEK 1.36% 0.19%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.70% 0.10%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.72% 0.08%

HDFC BANK 0.63% 0.07%

SK SQUARE 0.45% 0.06%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.52% 0.06%

ICICI BANK 0.60% 0.06%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IEMG

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.83%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.80%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.48%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.40%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 0.35%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 0.33%

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.33%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.32%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

Alphabet Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +15.3% +13.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −1.0 pts vs EEM not measured

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 54.7%

Holdings 2857 10194

Net assets, IEMG as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $150.4bn $81.8bn

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

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IEMG and VT do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. IEMG follows MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI) and VT follows FTSE Global All Cap Index.
Holdings in common. 10% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
Number of holdings. IEMG holds 2,857 positions and VT holds 10194.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IEMG or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEMG returned +15.3% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, IEMG or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IEMG and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IEMG and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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