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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEMV returned +18.3% and SPEM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, EEMV or SPEM?

SPEM is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EEMV vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

EEMV and SPEM hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and EEMV returned +18.3% over the year. Net assets: $3.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF, and $17.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF.

SPEM costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.6 points; SPEM is 4.9 times larger.

	EEMV	SPEM
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$3.6bn	$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.3%	+13.7%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility (USD) Index	S&P Emerging BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.7%	26.5%
Below its high	3.7%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+18.3%

EEMV total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPEM total return, 1 year

0.25%

EEMV expense ratio

0.07%

SPEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EEMV and SPEM hold 18% 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 and Oct 9, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EEMV SPEM

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.46% 1.03%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.91% 0.96%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 1.06% 0.50%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 1.61% 0.50%

MEDIATEK 0.45% 1.88%

ELITE MATERIAL 0.71% 0.44%

AL RAJHI BANK 0.61% 0.42%

XIAOMI 0.52% 0.42%

INFOSYS 0.75% 0.33%

HDFC BANK 0.30% 0.70%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.28% 0.87%

ICICI BANK 0.28% 0.68%

Only in EEMV

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 1.77%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.73%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.63%

SAMSUNG SDI LTD 1.56%

SK HYNIX 1.55%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.53%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 1.34%

TAIWAN COOPERATIVE FINANCIAL HOLDI 1.17%

Only in SPEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 15.00%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD 2.02%

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%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP 0.49%

UNITED MICROELECTRON SP ADR 0.49%

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On the same fields

EEMV

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor 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 Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +18.3% +13.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.0 pts −3.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 299 2746

Net assets, EEMV as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPEM as of Oct 8, 2026 $3.6bn $17.5bn

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

EEMV in plain words

EEMV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 299 positions, with the top ten at 15.7%. It sat 3.7% 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, EEMV or SPEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EEMV returned +18.3% and SPEM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, EEMV or SPEM?: SPEM is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EEMV and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EEMV and 0% of SPEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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