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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and SPEM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, DEM or SPEM?

SPEM is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DEM vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

DEM and SPEM hold 14% of their weight in the same names, and DEM returned +27.1% over the year. Net assets: $3.9bn on Jun 30, 2026 for WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund, and $17.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF.

SPEM costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.4 points; SPEM is 4.5 times larger.

	DEM	SPEM
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$3.9bn	$17.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.1%	+13.7%
What it tracks	WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index	S&P Emerging BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	14%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.2%	26.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+27.1%

DEM total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPEM total return, 1 year

0.63%

DEM expense ratio

0.07%

SPEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DEM and SPEM hold 14% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DEM SPEM

MEDIATEK INC 6.71% 1.88%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP 4.04% 0.96%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) 2.45% 0.55%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 1.16% 0.52%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.74% 0.46%

PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 1.33% 0.36%

CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.66% 0.35%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 1.89% 0.28%

TS FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 0.29% 0.27%

POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SA 1.48% 0.26%

SAUDI NATIONAL BANK (THE) 0.76% 0.24%

QUANTA COMPUTER INC 1.58% 0.24%

Only in DEM

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP 3.15%

AMBEV SA 1.02%

AXIA ENERGIA SA 0.61%

PTT PCL 0.57%

CHINA SHENHUA ENERGY COMPANY LTD 0.53%

KT&G CORP 0.43%

BANK OF JIANGSU CO LTD 0.42%

SHAANXI COAL INDUSTRY CO LTD 0.40%

Only in SPEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 15.00%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 2.58%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD 2.02%

DELTA ELECTRONICS INC 1.03%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.87%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO LT 0.77%

HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.70%

RELIANCE INDS SPONS GDR 144A 0.69%

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On the same fields

DEM

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer WisdomTree State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +27.1% +13.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.9 pts −3.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 516 2746

Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPEM as of Oct 8, 2026 $3.9bn $17.5bn

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

DEM in plain words

DEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.63% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 516 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%.

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, DEM or SPEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and SPEM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, DEM or SPEM?: SPEM is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DEM and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DEM and 0% of SPEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Other comparisons

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Where these figures came from

DEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree website ↗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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