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JEMA vs XCEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

JEMA and XCEM hold 51% of their weight in the same names, and XCEM returned +43.8% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF, and $2.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF.

XCEM costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.8 points.

JEMA vs XCEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
JEMAXCEM
Expense ratio0.33%0.16%
Net assets, JEMA as of Oct 9, 2026 and XCEM as of Jun 30, 2026$1.8bn$2.1bn
Total return, 1 year+33.0%+43.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedBeta Thematic Emerging Markets ex-China Index
Holdings in common51%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.4%37.4%
Below its high5.8%, high on Jun 22, 20266.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+33.0%
JEMA total return, 1 year
+43.8%
XCEM total return, 1 year
0.33%
JEMA expense ratio
0.16%
XCEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JEMA and XCEM hold 51% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

51% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding JEMA XCEM
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR 16.02% 14.94%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO 8.84% 9.69%
SK HYNIX INC COMMON 4.42% 4.56%
MEDIATEK INC COMMON 1.78% 1.57%
ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 1.09% 0.90%
SK SQUARE CO LTD COMMON 0.80% 0.94%
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC 0.70% 1.49%
ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING SA 0.90% 0.52%
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORP 0.64% 0.44%
AL RAJHI BANK COMMON 0.43% 0.64%
SAMSUNG 0.43% 1.40%
SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.48% 0.43%
Only in JEMA
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 2.84%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.45%
NETEASE INC COMMON STOCK 1.03%
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA 1.00%
PING AN INSURANCE GROUP 0.69%
CHINA MERCHANTS BANK CO 0.67%
ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO 0.67%
CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX 0.65%
Only in XCEM
HDFC Bank Ltd 0.91%
International Holding Co PJSC 0.81%
iShares Semiconductor ETF 0.79%
VanEck Semiconductor ETF 0.78%
Samsung SDI Co Ltd 0.75%
Unimicron Technology Corp 0.67%
Yageo Corp 0.64%
Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.59%

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On the same fields

JEMA
JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF
XCEM
Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer JPMorgan Columbia
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +33.0% +43.8%
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% 0.16%
Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%
Holdings 482 449
Net assets, JEMA as of Oct 9, 2026 and XCEM as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.8bn $2.1bn

JEMA and XCEM 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 XCEM

XCEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +43.8% with distributions reinvested. 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 6.4% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JEMA or XCEM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JEMA returned +33.0% and XCEM +43.8%.
Which is cheaper, JEMA or XCEM?
XCEM is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do JEMA and XCEM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of JEMA and 0% of XCEM 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 ↗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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