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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +26.3% and SPEM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, EEM or SPEM?

SPEM is cheaper, by 0.65 percentage points a year. That is about $65 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EEM vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

EEM and SPEM hold 42% of their weight in the same names, and EEM returned +26.3% over the year. Net assets: $31.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, and $17.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF.

SPEM costs 0.65 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.6 points; EEM is 1.8 times larger.

	EEM	SPEM
Expense ratio	0.72%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$30.7bn	$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+26.3%	+13.7%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Index	S&P Emerging BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	42%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.9%	26.5%
Below its high	6.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+26.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPEM total return, 1 year

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

0.07%

SPEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EEM and SPEM hold 42% 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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42% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EEM SPEM

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.62% 2.58%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.82% 2.02%

MEDIATEK 1.73% 1.88%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.98% 1.03%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.84% 0.96%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.78% 0.87%

HDFC BANK 0.66% 0.70%

ICICI BANK 0.60% 0.68%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.45% 0.45%

ELITE MATERIAL 0.44% 0.44%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 0.44% 0.49%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 0.43% 0.50%

Only in EEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 16.02%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 7.46%

SK HYNIX 5.65%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.95%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.63%

SK SQUARE 0.59%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.57%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.53%

Only in SPEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 15.00%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO LT 0.77%

RELIANCE INDS SPONS GDR 144A 0.69%

IND + COMM BK OF CHINA H 0.55%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LT 0.52%

UNITED MICROELECTRON SP ADR 0.49%

ITAU UNIBANCO H SPON PRF ADR 0.45%

PETROLEO BRASIL SP PREF ADR 0.38%

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On the same fields

EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of Emerging markets Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +26.3% +13.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.0 pts −3.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1188 2746

Net assets, EEM as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPEM as of Oct 8, 2026 $31.0bn $17.5bn

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

EEM in plain words

EEM tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.72% 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 1,188 positions, with the top ten at 38.9%. It sat 6.2% 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, EEM or SPEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEM returned +26.3% and SPEM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, EEM or SPEM?: SPEM is cheaper, by 0.65 percentage points a year. That is about $65 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EEM and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEM and 0% of SPEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EEM ↗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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