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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +47.3% and SPEM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, EMXC 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 EMXC and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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EMXC vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMXC and SPEM hold 32% of their weight in the same names, and EMXC returned +47.3% over the year. Net assets: $25.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China 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 33.6 points; EMXC is 1.5 times larger.

	EMXC	SPEM
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$25.6bn	$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+47.3%	+13.7%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	S&P Emerging BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	32%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	44.0%	26.5%
Below its high	7.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+47.3%

EMXC total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPEM total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.07%

SPEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMXC and SPEM hold 32% 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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32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMXC SPEM

MEDIATEK 2.14% 1.88%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.21% 1.03%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.97% 0.87%

HDFC BANK 0.82% 0.70%

ICICI BANK 0.73% 0.68%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 0.53% 0.50%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 0.54% 0.49%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 0.47% 0.48%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.56% 0.45%

ELITE MATERIAL 0.54% 0.44%

AL RAJHI BANK 0.49% 0.42%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING 0.41% 0.46%

Only in EMXC

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.88%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 9.25%

SK HYNIX 7.01%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.18%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.79%

SK SQUARE 0.73%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.71%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.65%

Only in SPEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 15.00%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 2.58%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD 2.02%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H 0.96%

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%

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On the same fields

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +47.3% +13.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +30.0 pts −3.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 640 2746

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPEM as of Oct 8, 2026 $25.8bn $17.5bn

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

EMXC in plain words

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +47.3% 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 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 640 positions, with the top ten at 44.0%. It sat 7.0% 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, EMXC or SPEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +47.3% and SPEM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC 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 EMXC and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMXC and 0% of SPEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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