ETF comparison
ASHR vs SPEM
Both International Emerging.
Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
199 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ASHR and SPEM would leave roughly 3.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Holdings data for ASHR covers 37.2% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPEM is 58 bps cheaper than ASHR. On a $100,000 position that's about $580/yr more in fees for ASHR.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with ASHR vs SPEM.
Top shared holdings
199 shared in total| # | Holding | In ASHR | In SPEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD | 1.34% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 2 | KWEICHOW MOUTAI COMPANY LTD | 0.91% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 3 | ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT CO LTD | 0.55% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 4 | CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORP LTD | 0.25% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 5 | FOXCONN INDUSTRIAL INTERNET CO LTD | 0.54% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 6 | SHENGYI TECHNOLOGY CO LTD | 0.32% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 7 | NAURA TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD | 0.17% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 8 | LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO LTD | 0.47% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 9 | WEICHAI POWER CO LTD | 0.19% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | MONTAGE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD | 0.45% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | SUZHOU DONGSHAN PRECISION MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD | 1.05% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 12 | WUXI APPTEC CO LTD | 0.30% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Only in ASHR
86 total- MIDEA GROUP CO LTD 0.26%
- CHAOZHOU THREE CIRCLE GROUP CO LTD 0.25%
- CHINA SHENHUA ENERGY COMPANY LTD 0.23%
- TONGLING NONFERROUS METALS GROUP CO LTD 0.22%
- ZTE CORP 0.18%
- SHANGHAI RURAL COMMERCIAL BANK CO LTD 0.18%
- YUTONG BUS CO LTD 0.18%
- BANK OF JIANGSU CO LTD 0.15%
- SHANJIN INTERNATIONAL GOLD CO LTD 0.15%
- CHONGQING RURAL COMMERCIAL BANK COMPANY LTD 0.14%
Only in SPEM
2,716 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 14.65%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.74%
- MediaTek Inc 1.82%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.79%
- Delta Electronics Inc 1.13%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.93%
- HDFC Bank Ltd 0.83%
- ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.82%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.81%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
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- ASHR vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 2.9%
- ASHR vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 2.7%
- ASHR vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 1.9%
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- SPEM vs FRDM · Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF 0.8%
- SPEM vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 0.6%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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