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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JEMA returned +33.0% and SPEM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, JEMA or SPEM?

SPEM is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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JEMA vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

JEMA and SPEM hold 45% of their weight in the same names, and JEMA returned +33.0% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF, and $17.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF.

SPEM costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.3 points; SPEM is 10.0 times larger.

JEMA vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
	JEMA	SPEM
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$1.7bn	$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+33.0%	+13.7%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Emerging BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	45%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.4%	26.5%
Below its high	5.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+33.0%

JEMA total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPEM total return, 1 year

0.33%

JEMA expense ratio

0.07%

SPEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JEMA and SPEM hold 45% 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 and Oct 9, 2026.

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45% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JEMA SPEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR 16.02% 15.00%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 2.84% 2.58%

MEDIATEK INC COMMON 1.78% 1.88%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.45% 2.02%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 1.09% 0.77%

DELTA ELECTRONICS INC 0.70% 1.03%

HDFC BANK LTD COMMON 0.50% 0.70%

NU HOLDINGS LTD/CAYMAN 0.45% 0.45%

AL RAJHI BANK COMMON 0.43% 0.42%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK 0.40% 0.96%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING 0.40% 0.52%

NETEASE INC COMMON STOCK 1.03% 0.38%

Only in JEMA

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO 8.84%

SK HYNIX INC COMMON 4.42%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING SA 0.90%

SK SQUARE CO LTD COMMON 0.80%

SK INC COMMON STOCK KRW 0.73%

KIA CORP COMMON STOCK 0.58%

AIA GROUP LTD COMMON 0.53%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.48%

Only in SPEM

RELIANCE INDS SPONS GDR 144A 0.69%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP 0.49%

UNITED MICROELECTRON SP ADR 0.49%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 0.48%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING CO 0.46%

ITAU UNIBANCO H SPON PRF ADR 0.45%

PETROLEO BRASIL SP PREF ADR 0.38%

INFOSYS LTD SP ADR 0.33%

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On the same fields

JEMA

JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF

SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer JPMorgan State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +33.0% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +26.3% (EEM) not published

Gap to its benchmark +6.7 pts vs EEM not available

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%

Holdings 482 2746

Net assets, JEMA as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPEM as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.8bn $17.5bn

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

About JEMA

JEMA is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +33.0% with distributions reinvested, against +26.3% 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 Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 482 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About SPEM

SPEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested. 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, JEMA or SPEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JEMA returned +33.0% and SPEM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, JEMA or SPEM?: SPEM is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do JEMA and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of JEMA and 0% of SPEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

JEMA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JEMA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan website ↗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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