ETF comparison
FLIN vs SPEM
Both International Emerging.
Franklin FTSE India ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
220 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FLIN and SPEM would leave roughly 11.0% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
SPEM is 12 bps cheaper than FLIN. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for FLIN.
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 FLIN vs SPEM.
Top shared holdings
220 shared in total| # | Holding | In FLIN | In SPEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HDFC BANK LTD | 5.74% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 2 | BHARTI AIRTEL LTD | 3.55% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 3 | AXIS BANK LTD | 1.95% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 4 | BAJAJ FINANCE LTD | 1.73% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 5 | SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD | 1.26% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 6 | MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD | 1.13% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 7 | KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LTD | 1.36% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 8 | HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD | 1.20% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 9 | TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD | 1.31% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 10 | TITAN COMPANY LTD | 1.03% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 11 | ADANI PORTS AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE LTD | 0.84% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 12 | HCL TECHNOLOGIES LTD | 0.68% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in FLIN
59 total- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 5.49%
- INFOSYS LTD 2.15%
- MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD 1.80%
- LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD 1.76%
- STATE BANK OF INDIA 1.20%
- DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES LTD 0.52%
- BSE LTD 0.49%
- WIPRO LTD 0.29%
- SIEMENS ENERGY INDIA LTD 0.21%
- VISHAL MEGA MART LTD 0.21%
Only in SPEM
2,695 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%
- ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.82%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.81%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.71%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open FLIN or SPEM at a brokerage
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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.