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PXH vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

PXH and SPEM hold 40% of their weight in the same names, and PXH returned +21.7% over the year. Net assets: $2.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF, and $17.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF.

SPEM costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.0 points; SPEM is 8.5 times larger.

PXH vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
PXHSPEM
Expense ratio0.47%0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$2.1bn$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year+21.7%+13.7%
What it tracksRAFI Fundamental Select Emerging Markets 350 IndexS&P Emerging BMI Index ?
Holdings in common40%
Holdings datedOct 10, 2026Oct 8, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund29.2%26.5%

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

+21.7%
PXH total return, 1 year
+13.7%
SPEM total return, 1 year
0.47%
PXH expense ratio
0.07%
SPEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PXH and SPEM hold 40% 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.

half

40% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding PXH SPEM
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.86% 15.00%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.24% 2.58%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3.15% 2.02%
MediaTek Inc 1.91% 1.88%
China Construction Bank Corp 2.61% 0.96%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 2.54% 0.87%
HDFC Bank Ltd 0.67% 0.70%
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 2.02% 0.55%
Nan Ya Plastics Corp 0.93% 0.48%
PDD Holdings Inc 0.76% 0.47%
Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd 0.53% 0.46%
CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd 0.42% 0.52%
Only in PXH
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 5.34%
JD.com Inc 1.60%
United Microelectronics Corp 0.93%
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp 0.92%
Reliance Industries Ltd 0.87%
Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.81%
ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.81%
PTT PCL 0.78%
Only in SPEM
ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO LT 0.77%
RELIANCE INDS SPONS GDR 144A 0.69%
ICICI BANK LTD SPON ADR 0.68%
BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.50%
UNITED MICROELECTRON SP ADR 0.49%
NU HOLDINGS LTD/CAYMAN ISL A 0.45%
ITAU UNIBANCO H SPON PRF ADR 0.45%
ELITE MATERIAL CO LTD 0.44%

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On the same fields

PXH
Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF
SPEM
State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Invesco State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +21.7% +13.7%
Expense ratio 0.47% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 383 2746
Net assets, PXH as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPEM as of Oct 8, 2026 $2.1bn $17.5bn

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

About PXH

PXH tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 383 positions, with the top ten at 29.2%.

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, PXH or SPEM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PXH returned +21.7% and SPEM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, PXH or SPEM?
SPEM is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do PXH and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of PXH and 0% of SPEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
PXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for PXH ↗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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