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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGE returned +26.7% and SPEM +13.7%.

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

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

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ESGE vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

ESGE and SPEM hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and ESGE returned +26.7% over the year. Net assets: $6.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM 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 13.0 points; SPEM is 2.6 times larger.

	ESGE	SPEM
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$6.8bn	$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+26.7%	+13.7%
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus Index	S&P Emerging BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.6%	26.5%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+26.7%

ESGE total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPEM total return, 1 year

0.25%

ESGE expense ratio

0.07%

SPEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ESGE and SPEM hold 28% 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.

50%

half

28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESGE SPEM

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.34% 2.58%

MEDIATEK 1.76% 1.88%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.61% 2.02%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.14% 1.03%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.21% 0.96%

HDFC BANK 0.78% 0.70%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.68% 0.87%

ICICI BANK 0.53% 0.68%

AL RAJHI BANK 0.76% 0.42%

XIAOMI 0.38% 0.42%

NETEASE 0.46% 0.38%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 0.37% 0.49%

Only in ESGE

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 16.07%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 7.53%

SK HYNIX 5.80%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.05%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.71%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.69%

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.68%

SK SQUARE 0.67%

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%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 0.50%

UNITED MICROELECTRON SP ADR 0.49%

PDD HOLDINGS INC 0.47%

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On the same fields

ESGE

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM 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 +26.7% +13.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.4 pts −3.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 296 2746

Net assets, ESGE as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPEM as of Oct 8, 2026 $6.9bn $17.5bn

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

ESGE in plain words

ESGE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.7% 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 296 positions, with the top ten at 39.6%. It sat 4.6% 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, ESGE or SPEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ESGE returned +26.7% and SPEM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, ESGE 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 ESGE and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ESGE and 0% of SPEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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