IEMGvsVYM

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF or Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. They hold no stocks in common. VYM costs 0.04% a year against 0.09% for IEMG, $5 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months IEMG returned +51.6% and VYM +23.7%.

0.2%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
IEMG0.4% in stocks the other holds too
VYM0.3% in stocks the other holds too
stocks in bothstocks only in that fundbonds, cash and unmatched shares

The two funds

From each fund's latest N-PORT filing and its prospectus.

IEMGVYMYearly cost0.09%0.04%Net assets$162.0B$99.2BPositions2,700616Last 12 months+51.6%+23.7%3 years, a year+24.2%+16.8%5 years, a year+7.8%+12.2%Largest holdingTaiwan 12.5%AVGO 7.4%Main sectorn/aFinancial Services 22%Holdings as ofMay 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026

Returns are total returns with dividends reinvested, from the funds’ own monthly figures; “(price)” marks a fund whose filing record is younger than a year, whose twelve months are its price change. The stronger figure in each row is set in bold. Past returns say what happened, not what will.

Growth of $100

Both funds from September 2019, the first month both report, dividends reinvested.

IEMG$208VYM$227
September 2019May 2026

What they both hold

7 stocks are in both funds: 0.4% of IEMG and 0.3% of VYM. The biggest shared positions:

Stockin IEMGin VYM
BAP0.2%0.1%SCCO0.1%0.1%XP0.0%0.0%SM0.0%0.0%AUGO0.0%0.0%IFS0.0%0.0%PAGS0.0%0.0%

Only in IEMG

Its biggest stocks the other fund does not hold.

  1. AUAngloGold Ashanti plc0.3%
  2. NUNu Holdings Ltd.0.3%
  3. YUMCYum China Holdings, Inc.0.1%
  4. JBSJBS0.0%
  5. STNEStoneCo Ltd.0.0%
  6. INTRInter & Co, Inc.0.0%

Only in VYM

Its biggest stocks the other fund does not hold.

  1. AVGOBroadcom7.4%
  2. JPMJPMorgan Chase3.8%
  3. XOMExxon Mobil Corporation2.6%
  4. JNJJohnson & Johnson2.5%
  5. CSCOCisco1.9%
  6. ABBVAbbVie1.8%

More comparisons

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From each fund’s Form N-PORT (IEMG: May 2026, VYM: July 2026) and prospectus, via the SEC’s public data sets. Overlap counts only the stocks we can match to a listing: stock by stock, the smaller of the two weights, added up.