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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FRDM returned +33.5% and XCEM +25.3%.

Which is cheaper, FRDM or XCEM?

XCEM is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FRDM vs XCEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FRDM returned +33.5% to XCEM's +25.3%; 40% 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 $2.1bn for Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF.

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At a glance

+33.5%

FRDM total return, 1 year

+25.3%

XCEM total return, 1 year

0.49%

FRDM expense ratio

0.16%

XCEM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XCEM costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.2 points; FRDM is 1.7 times larger.

FRDM vs XCEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FRDM	XCEM
Return
Measure	FRDM	XCEM
Total return, 1 year	+33.5%	+25.3%
Drawdown
Measure	FRDM	XCEM
Below its high	17.7%, high on Jun 22, 2026	15.7%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FRDM	XCEM
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	Beta Thematic Emerging Markets ex-China Index
Cost and size
Measure	FRDM	XCEM
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.16%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$3.6bn	$2.1bn
Holdings
Measure	FRDM	XCEM
Holdings in common	40%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.6%	37.4%

Method

What they share

40%

By the books each fund has filed, FRDM and XCEM hold 40% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FRDM XCEM

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 13.07% 9.69%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.52% 14.94%

SK hynix Inc 12.28% 4.56%

MediaTek Inc 5.46% 1.57%

Delta Electronics Inc 3.08% 1.49%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 2.50% 1.05%

SK Square Co Ltd 1.25% 0.94%

ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 1.51% 0.90%

United Microelectronics Corp 1.43% 0.72%

CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd 0.96% 0.62%

Hyundai Motor Co 0.50% 0.54%

Vale SA 2.65% 0.49%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FRDM

Banco de Credito e Inversiones SA 1.44%

Plaza SA 0.89%

Dino Polska SA 0.75%

Parque Arauco SA 0.70%

Alior Bank SA 0.68%

Benefit Systems SA 0.60%

Grupa Kety SA 0.60%

Equatorial SA 0.44%

Only in XCEM

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 1.40%

HDFC Bank Ltd 0.91%

ICICI Bank Ltd 0.85%

International Holding Co PJSC 0.81%

Reliance Industries Ltd 0.81%

iShares Semiconductor ETF 0.79%

VanEck Semiconductor ETF 0.78%

Samsung SDI Co Ltd 0.75%

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Side by side

FRDM Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF XCEM Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Life + Liberty Columbia

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +33.5% +25.3%

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

Gap to its benchmark +19.2 pts vs GSEE +10.3 pts vs EEM

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.16%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 126 449

Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $3.6bn $2.1bn

FRDM and XCEM 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.

XCEM

XCEM tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +25.3% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% 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 449 positions, with the top ten at 37.4%. It sat 15.7% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FRDM or XCEM?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FRDM returned +33.5% and XCEM +25.3%.
Which is cheaper, FRDM or XCEM?: XCEM is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FRDM and XCEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FRDM and 0% of XCEM 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) ↗

XCEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XCEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Columbia 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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