Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap) against iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (MSCI Emerging Markets) — fees, long-horizon total returns, holdings overlap, and sector tilt, side by side.
| VWO | EEM | SPREAD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| YTD (cumulative) | +13.2% | +23.4% | -10.15 pp |
| 1Y CAGR | +20.7% | +36.7% | -15.94 pp |
| 3Y CAGR | +17.9% | +22.4% | -4.55 pp |
| 5Y CAGR | +6.66% | +7.91% | -1.25 pp |
| 10Y CAGR | +8.00% | +8.56% | -0.56 pp |
| Since inception CAGR | +6.97% | +10.0% | -3.05 pp |
Total return: dividend- and split-adjusted daily closes (distributions reinvested). Spread is VWO minus EEM. VWO since-inception measured from first available bar March 10, 2005. EEM since-inception measured from first available bar April 14, 2003. Since-inception spans differ — compare that row with care.
| VWO | EEM | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF |
| Category | Diversified Emerging Mkts | Diversified Emerging Mkts |
| Style | Passive | Passive |
| Expense ratio | 0.06% | 0.72% |
| Assets (AUM) | $162.0B | $29.2B |
| Dividend yield | 2.36% | 1.73% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 7.8M | 24.9M |
| Inception | March 4, 2005 | April 7, 2003 |
| Benchmark proxy | FTSE Emerging Markets | MSCI Emerging Markets |
| Shared holding | VWO | EEM | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2330.TWTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 14.99% | 15.43% | 14.99% |
| 0700.HKTencent Holdings Ltd | 3.19% | 3.12% | 3.12% |
| 9988.HKAlibaba Group Holding Ltd Ordinary Shares | 2.33% | 2.09% | 2.09% |
| 2454.TWMediaTek Inc | 1.31% | 1.31% | 1.31% |
| 00939China Construction Bank Corp Class H | 0.86% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 2308.TW |
VWO costs 0.66 pp less per year — about $66.00 per $10,000 invested.
Expense ratios verified against issuer fact sheets. Dividend yield is trailing 12-month distributions divided by price, as reported by the fund data provider.
| 0.79% |
| 0.82% |
| 0.79% |
| 2317.TWHon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.78% | 0.79% | 0.78% |
Sum of min(weight in each fund) across shared tickers — the standard fund-overlap measure. Computed on the top 25 holdings each fund reports, so it is a lower bound; the coverage figures show how much of each fund those top holdings represent.