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EEM vs SPEM

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
64.4 %

877 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and SPEM would leave roughly 64.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EEM only 35.1% Shared 64.4% SPEM only 35.6%
In EEM only
330 positions
Shared
877 positions
In SPEM only
2,068 positions

Side by side

EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.72%
Net assets
$30.32B
TTM yield
1.70%
Top-10 conc.
33.1%
SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

State Street · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$17.31B
TTM yield
2.52%
Top-10 conc.
25.3%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
93
77
Tax efficiency
75
100
Liquidity
100
67
Concentration
78
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Tracking quality
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EEM sub-score SPEM

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

Cost difference

SPEM is 65 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $650/yr more in fees for EEM.

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 EEM vs SPEM.

Top shared holdings

877 shared in total
# Holding In EEM In SPEM Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 13.14% 11.96% 11.96%
2 Tencent Holdings Limited 3.61% 3.48% 3.48%
3 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.66% 2.57% 2.57%
4 HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.93% 0.84% 0.84%
5 CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.84% 0.95% 0.84%
6 MediaTek Inc. 0.80% 0.82% 0.80%
7 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.82% 0.77% 0.77%
8 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.75% 0.93% 0.75%
9 XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.65% 0.64% 0.64%
10 PDD Holdings Inc. 0.63% 0.70% 0.63%
11 Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.50% 0.48% 0.48%
12 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.46% 0.60% 0.46%

Only in EEM

330 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.07%
  • SK hynix Inc. 3.45%
  • RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.80%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.70%
  • ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.55%
  • HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.53%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.43%
  • INFOSYS LIMITED 0.41%
  • SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.36%
  • KB Financial Group Inc. 0.34%

Only in SPEM

2,068 total
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.99%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.71%
  • Vale SA 0.50%
  • Infosys Ltd 0.48%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.43%
  • Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0.36%
  • Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.36%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.35%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.32%
  • Larsen & Toubro Ltd 0.31%

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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/.

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