Which returned more over the last year, JEMA or VWO?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JEMA returned +33.0% and VWO +12.1%.

Which is cheaper, JEMA or VWO?

VWO is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do JEMA and VWO overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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JEMA vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

JEMA and VWO hold 45% of their weight in the same names, and JEMA returned +33.0% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF, and $125.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF.

VWO costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.9 points; VWO is far larger, $162.0bn against $1.6bn.

JEMA vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
	JEMA	VWO
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.6bn	$162.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+33.0%	+12.1%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index
Holdings in common	45%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.4%	28.9%
Below its high	5.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+33.0%

JEMA total return, 1 year

+12.1%

VWO total return, 1 year

0.33%

JEMA expense ratio

0.06%

VWO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JEMA and VWO hold 45% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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45% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JEMA VWO

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR 16.02% 14.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 2.84% 2.90%

MEDIATEK INC COMMON 1.78% 1.47%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.45% 2.19%

DELTA ELECTRONICS INC 0.70% 0.90%

ICICI BANK LTD COMMON 0.62% 0.65%

HDFC BANK LTD COMMON 0.50% 0.68%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 1.09% 0.49%

AL RAJHI BANK COMMON 0.43% 0.42%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK 0.40% 0.86%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.39% 0.73%

PING AN INSURANCE GROUP 0.69% 0.37%

Only in JEMA

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO 8.84%

SK HYNIX INC COMMON 4.42%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA 1.00%

SK SQUARE CO LTD COMMON 0.80%

SK INC COMMON STOCK KRW 0.73%

KIA CORP COMMON STOCK 0.58%

AIA GROUP LTD COMMON 0.53%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.48%

Only in VWO

SLCMT1142 3.18%

MKTLIQ 1.21%

Vale SA 0.42%

Unimicron Technology Corp 0.34%

PETROBRAS - PETROLEO BRAS-PR 0.31%

Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd 0.30%

Nan Ya Plastics Corp 0.30%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.29%

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On the same fields

JEMA

JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF

VWO

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer JPMorgan Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Emerging markets

Total return, 1 year +33.0% +12.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +26.3% (EEM) not published

Gap to its benchmark +6.7 pts vs EEM not available

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%

Holdings 482 6356

Net assets, JEMA as of Oct 9, 2026 and VWO as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.8bn $125.4bn

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

About JEMA

JEMA is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +33.0% with distributions reinvested, against +26.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. 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.

About VWO

VWO tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6,356 positions, with the top ten at 28.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JEMA or VWO?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JEMA returned +33.0% and VWO +12.1%.
Which is cheaper, JEMA or VWO?: VWO is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do JEMA and VWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of JEMA and 0% of VWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

JEMA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JEMA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan website ↗VWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VWO ↗

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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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