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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMGF returned +28.0% and SPEM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, EMGF or SPEM?

SPEM is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EMGF vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMGF and SPEM hold 34% of their weight in the same names, and EMGF returned +28.0% over the year. Net assets: $1.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF, and $17.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF.

SPEM costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.3 points; SPEM is 9.2 times larger.

EMGF vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
	EMGF	SPEM
Expense ratio	0.26%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$1.9bn	$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+28.0%	+13.7%
What it tracks	STOXX Emerging Markets Equity Factor Index	S&P Emerging BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	34%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	31.7%	26.5%
Below its high	6.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026

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

+28.0%

EMGF total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPEM total return, 1 year

0.26%

EMGF expense ratio

0.07%

SPEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMGF and SPEM hold 34% 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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34% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMGF SPEM

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.56% 2.58%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.85% 2.02%

MEDIATEK 1.81% 1.88%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.02% 1.03%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.06% 0.96%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.77% 0.87%

ICICI BANK 0.56% 0.68%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.65% 0.50%

PDD HOLDINGS ADS 0.53% 0.47%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING 0.56% 0.46%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.45% 0.45%

ELITE MATERIAL 0.47% 0.44%

Only in EMGF

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 10.48%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.58%

SK HYNIX 4.82%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.76%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.71%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.67%

SK SQUARE 0.57%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.51%

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

EMGF

iShares Emerging Markets Equity 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 +28.0% +13.7%

Expense ratio 0.26% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 717 2746

Net assets, EMGF as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPEM as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.9bn $17.5bn

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

About EMGF

EMGF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% 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 717 positions, with the top ten at 31.7%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About SPEM

SPEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested. 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, EMGF or SPEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMGF returned +28.0% and SPEM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, EMGF or SPEM?: SPEM is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMGF and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMGF and 0% of SPEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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