ETF comparison
SPEMvsVWO
Both International Emerging.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,358 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPEM and VWO would leave roughly68.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VWO is 1 bps cheaper than SPEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for SPEM.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with SPEM vs VWO.
Top shared holdings
2,358 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPEM | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 14.65% | 14.61% | 14.61% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 2.74% | 3.26% | 2.74% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 1.79% | 2.55% | 1.79% |
| 4 | Delta Electronics Inc | 1.13% | 1.17% | 1.13% |
| 5 | MediaTek Inc | 1.82% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 6 | China Construction Bank Corp | 0.81% | 0.85% | 0.81% |
| 7 | HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.83% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 8 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.93% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 9 | Bharti Airtel Ltd | 0.53% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 10 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd | 0.50% | 0.62% | 0.50% |
| 11 | PDD Holdings Inc | 0.46% | 0.66% | 0.46% |
| 12 | Al Rajhi Bank | 0.45% | 0.47% | 0.45% |
Only in SPEM
558 total- Reliance Industries Ltd0.80%
- ICICI Bank Ltd0.71%
- Vale SA0.39%
- NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands0.37%
- Infosys Ltd0.33%
- Larsen & Toubro Ltd0.28%
- Credicorp Ltd0.26%
- Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA0.25%
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd0.24%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras0.22%
Only in VWO
2,632 total- Reliance Industries Ltd0.90%
- Anglogold Ashanti Plc0.40%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA0.38%
- Infosys Ltd0.38%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA0.36%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA0.35%
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd0.26%
- Larsen & Toubro Ltd0.25%
- United Microelectronics Corp0.21%
- Banco Bradesco SA0.16%
Open SPEM or VWO 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.