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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHE returned +12.6% and SPEM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, SCHE or SPEM?

SCHE is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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SCHE vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

SCHE and SPEM hold 69% of their weight in the same names, and SPEM returned +13.7% over the year. Net assets: $12.7bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF, and $17.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF.

SCHE costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points; SPEM is 1.1 times larger.

	SCHE	SPEM
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$9.3bn	$10.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+12.6%	+13.7%
What it tracks	FTSE Emerging Index	S&P Emerging BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	69%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.3%	26.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+12.6%

SCHE total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPEM total return, 1 year

0.06%

SCHE expense ratio

0.07%

SPEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCHE and SPEM hold 69% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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69% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SCHE SPEM

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 17.05% 15.00%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.15% 2.58%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57% 2.02%

MediaTek Inc 1.88% 1.88%

Delta Electronics Inc 1.40% 1.03%

China Construction Bank Corp 0.88% 0.96%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.04% 0.87%

HDFC Bank Ltd 0.83% 0.70%

ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.59% 0.77%

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.63% 0.55%

Bharti Airtel Ltd 0.54% 0.50%

PDD Holdings Inc 0.60% 0.47%

Only in SCHE

Reliance Industries Ltd 0.88%

United Microelectronics Corp 0.50%

Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.46%

Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.41%

Infosys Ltd 0.39%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.35%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.32%

Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.29%

Only in SPEM

RELIANCE INDS SPONS GDR 144A 0.69%

ICICI BANK LTD SPON ADR 0.68%

UNITED MICROELECTRON SP ADR 0.49%

NU HOLDINGS LTD/CAYMAN ISL A 0.45%

ITAU UNIBANCO H SPON PRF ADR 0.45%

PETROLEO BRASIL SP PREF ADR 0.38%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SPON ADR 0.36%

VALE SA SP ADR 0.34%

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On the same fields

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Schwab State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +12.6% +13.7%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −4.7 pts −3.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 2178 2746

Net assets, SCHE as of May 31, 2026 and SPEM as of Oct 8, 2026 $12.7bn $17.5bn

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

SCHE in plain words

SCHE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,178 positions, with the top ten at 30.3%.

SPEM in plain words

SPEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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, SCHE or SPEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHE returned +12.6% and SPEM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, SCHE or SPEM?: SCHE is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SCHE and SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of SCHE and 0% of SPEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

SCHE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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