Which returned more over the last year, CGNG or SPEM?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGNG returned +17.9% and SPEM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, CGNG or SPEM?

SPEM is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CGNG and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 14% of CGNG and 0% of SPEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CGNG vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGNG and SPEM hold 15% of their weight in the same names, and CGNG returned +17.9% over the year. Net assets on Oct 8, 2026: $3.2bn for Capital Group New Geography Equity ETF and $17.5bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF.

SPEM costs 0.57 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.2 points; SPEM is 5.5 times larger.

	CGNG	SPEM
Expense ratio	0.64%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$3.2bn	$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+13.7%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Emerging BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.8%	26.5%
Below its high	4.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+17.9%

CGNG total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPEM total return, 1 year

0.64%

CGNG expense ratio

0.07%

SPEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGNG and SPEM hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGNG SPEM

Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.00% 2.58%

MediaTek Inc 0.85% 1.88%

Delta Electronics Inc 0.79% 1.03%

Bharti Airtel Ltd 1.08% 0.50%

NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands 0.71% 0.45%

Elite Material Co Ltd 0.54% 0.44%

NetEase Inc 0.37% 0.38%

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 1.13% 0.37%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.62% 0.36%

Vale SA 0.83% 0.34%

Axis Bank Ltd 0.34% 0.30%

Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.28% 0.45%

Only in CGNG

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 10.48%

SK hynix Inc 7.49%

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.80%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.55%

Broadcom Inc 2.14%

NVIDIA Corp 1.50%

MercadoLibre Inc 1.32%

Microsoft Corp 1.30%

Only in SPEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 15.00%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD 2.02%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H 0.96%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.87%

HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.70%

RELIANCE INDS SPONS GDR 144A 0.69%

ICICI BANK LTD SPON ADR 0.68%

IND + COMM BK OF CHINA H 0.55%

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On the same fields

CGNG

Capital Group New Geography Equity ETF

SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +13.7%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.7 pts −3.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.64% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 13.5% 0.0%

Holdings 239 2746

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $3.2bn $17.5bn

CGNG and SPEM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CGNG in plain words

CGNG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.64% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 14% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 239 positions, with the top ten at 32.8%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SPEM in plain words

SPEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,746 positions, with the top ten at 26.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGNG or SPEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGNG returned +17.9% and SPEM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, CGNG or SPEM?: SPEM is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGNG and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 14% of CGNG and 0% of SPEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CGNG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGNG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGNG ↗SPEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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