Which returned more over the last year, FRDM or JEMA?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FRDM returned +33.5% and JEMA +18.8%.

Which is cheaper, FRDM or JEMA?

JEMA is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FRDM and JEMA overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FRDM vs JEMA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FRDM returned +33.5% to JEMA's +18.8%; 22% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.6bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF, and $1.6bn on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

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At a glance

+33.5%

FRDM total return, 1 year

+18.8%

JEMA total return, 1 year

0.49%

FRDM expense ratio

0.33%

JEMA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

JEMA costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.7 points.

FRDM vs JEMA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FRDM	JEMA
Return
Measure	FRDM	JEMA
Total return, 1 year	+33.5%	+18.8%
Drawdown
Measure	FRDM	JEMA
Below its high	17.7%, high on Jun 22, 2026	14.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FRDM	JEMA
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	FRDM	JEMA
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.33%
Net assets, FRDM as of Jun 30, 2026 and JEMA as of Nov 3, 2026	$3.6bn	$1.6bn
Holdings
Measure	FRDM	JEMA
Holdings in common	22%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.6%	39.0%

Method

What they share

22%

By the books each fund has filed, FRDM and JEMA hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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22% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FRDM JEMA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 13.07% 8.34%

SK hynix Inc 12.28% 4.77%

MediaTek Inc 5.46% 1.54%

ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 1.51% 1.00%

SK Square Co Ltd 1.25% 0.52%

Delta Electronics Inc 3.08% 0.50%

CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd 0.96% 0.48%

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 0.42% 0.47%

Quanta Computer Inc 0.83% 0.38%

Bank Central Asia Tbk PT 0.37% 0.36%

Gold Fields Ltd 0.52% 0.29%

Kia Corp 0.24% 0.59%

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Only in FRDM

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.52%

Latam Airlines Group SA 3.77%

Vale SA 2.65%

Banco de Chile 2.59%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 2.50%

Falabella SA 2.17%

Banco de Credito e Inversiones SA 1.44%

LPP SA 1.35%

Only in JEMA

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR 15.82%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 2.91%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.44%

HDFC BANK LTD COMMON 1.19%

NETEASE INC COMMON STOCK 1.05%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA 0.93%

GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE 0.78%

BAJAJ FINANCE LTD COMMON 0.77%

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Side by side

FRDM Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF JEMA JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Life + Liberty JPMorgan

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +33.5% +18.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (GSEE) +15.0% (EEM)

Gap to its benchmark +19.2 pts vs GSEE +3.8 pts vs EEM

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.33%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.1%

Holdings 126 485

Net assets, FRDM as of Jun 30, 2026 and JEMA as of Nov 3, 2026 $3.6bn $1.6bn

FRDM and JEMA on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

FRDM

FRDM tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +33.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 126 positions, with the top ten at 56.6%. It sat 17.7% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

JEMA

JEMA is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +18.8% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 485 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%. It sat 14.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FRDM or JEMA?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FRDM returned +33.5% and JEMA +18.8%.
Which is cheaper, FRDM or JEMA?: JEMA is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FRDM and JEMA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FRDM and 0% of JEMA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FRDM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FRDM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JEMA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JEMA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan 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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