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EBND vs EMB

Both International Bond.

State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EBND and EMB would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EBND unmatched 96.4% Shared 0.0% EMB unmatched 95.9%

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.

In EBND only
620 positions
Shared
0 positions
In EMB only
614 positions

Side by side

EBND

State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

State Street · International Bond

71 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.30%
Net assets
$2.25B
TTM yield
6.00%
Top-10 conc.
6.1%
EMB

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

iShares · International Bond

74 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.39%
Net assets
$12.93B
TTM yield
5.38%
Top-10 conc.
6.3%

Sub-score comparison

70
Cost
61
49
Tax efficiency
50
72
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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EBND sub-score EMB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

EBND is 9 bps cheaper than EMB. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for EMB.

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 EBND vs EMB.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EBND

620 total
  • NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.73%
  • NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.70%
  • MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT 0.65%
  • REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.61%
  • MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT 0.59%
  • TITULOS DE TESORERIA 0.58%
  • REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.56%
  • MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT 0.54%
  • REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.54%
  • BONOS DE TESORERIA 0.53%

Only in EMB

614 total
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 1.21%
  • Ecuador Government International Bonds 0.78%
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.70%
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.65%
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.57%
  • Ghana Government International Bonds 0.55%
  • Uruguay Government International Bonds 0.51%
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.50%
  • Oman Government International Bonds 0.42%
  • UKRAINE GOVERNMENT 0.42%

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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.