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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FRDM returned +33.5% and JHEM +16.9%.

Which is cheaper, FRDM or JHEM?

Neither: FRDM and JHEM both charge 0.49% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FRDM vs JHEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FRDM returned +33.5% to JHEM's +16.9%; 35% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Jun 30, 2026: $3.6bn for Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF and $1.0bn for John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+33.5%

FRDM total return, 1 year

+16.9%

JHEM total return, 1 year

0.49%

FRDM expense ratio

0.49%

JHEM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.49% a year; their one-year returns differ by 16.6 points; FRDM is 3.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FRDM vs JHEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FRDM	JHEM
Return
Measure	FRDM	JHEM
Total return, 1 year	+33.5%	+16.9%
Drawdown
Measure	FRDM	JHEM
Below its high	17.7%, high on Jun 22, 2026	10.7%, high on Jun 18, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FRDM	JHEM
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	John Hancock Dimensional Emerging Markets Index
Cost and size
Measure	FRDM	JHEM
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.49%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$3.6bn	$1.0bn
Holdings
Measure	FRDM	JHEM
Holdings in common	35%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.6%	28.2%

Method

What they share

35%

By the books each fund has filed, FRDM and JHEM hold 35% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

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35% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FRDM JHEM

SK hynix Inc 12.28% 7.71%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 13.07% 5.88%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.52% 4.48%

MediaTek Inc 5.46% 2.38%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 2.50% 1.07%

ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 1.51% 0.94%

Vale SA 2.65% 0.74%

United Microelectronics Corp 1.43% 0.72%

Delta Electronics Inc 3.08% 0.65%

CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd 0.96% 0.52%

Hyundai Motor Co 0.50% 0.44%

MTN Group Ltd 0.42% 0.49%

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Only in FRDM

SK Square Co Ltd 1.25%

Parque Arauco SA 0.70%

Benefit Systems SA 0.60%

Grupa Kety SA 0.60%

Asseco Poland SA 0.52%

Kasikornbank PCL 0.44%

XTB SA 0.43%

KRUK SA 0.42%

Only in JHEM

Tencent Holdings Limited 2.23%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.70%

Yageo Corporation 0.99%

China Construction Bank Corporation 0.81%

Reliance Industries Limited 0.77%

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. 0.76%

Unimicron Technology Corp. 0.74%

HDFC Bank Limited 0.70%

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Side by side

FRDM Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF JHEM John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Life + Liberty John Hancock

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +33.5% +16.9%

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

Gap to its benchmark +19.2 pts vs GSEE +1.9 pts vs EEM

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.49%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 126 953

Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $3.6bn $1.0bn

FRDM and JHEM 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.

JHEM

JHEM tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +16.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 953 positions, with the top ten at 28.2%. It sat 10.7% below its high of Jun 18, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FRDM or JHEM?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FRDM returned +33.5% and JHEM +16.9%.
Which is cheaper, FRDM or JHEM?: Neither: FRDM and JHEM both charge 0.49% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FRDM and JHEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FRDM and 0% of JHEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FRDM on its own →JHEM on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →FRDM dividend history →FRDM holdings →JHEM dividend history →JHEM holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FRDM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FRDM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JHEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JHEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

John Hancock 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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