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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPEM returned +13.7% and XCEM +43.8%.

Which is cheaper, SPEM or XCEM?

SPEM is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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SPEM vs XCEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

SPEM and XCEM hold 46% of their weight in the same names, and XCEM returned +43.8% over the year. Net assets: $17.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF, and $2.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF.

SPEM costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 30.1 points; SPEM is 8.4 times larger.

	SPEM	XCEM
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.16%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$17.3bn	$2.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+43.8%
What it tracks	S&P Emerging BMI Index ?	Beta Thematic Emerging Markets ex-China Index
Holdings in common	46%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.5%	37.4%
Below its high		6.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+13.7%

SPEM total return, 1 year

+43.8%

XCEM total return, 1 year

0.07%

SPEM expense ratio

0.16%

XCEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPEM and XCEM hold 46% 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 8, 2026.

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46% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SPEM XCEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 15.00% 14.94%

MEDIATEK INC 1.88% 1.57%

DELTA ELECTRONICS INC 1.03% 1.49%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.87% 1.05%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO LT 0.77% 0.90%

ICICI BANK LTD SPON ADR 0.68% 0.85%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LT 0.52% 0.62%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP 0.49% 0.67%

ELITE MATERIAL CO LTD 0.44% 0.64%

AL RAJHI BANK 0.42% 0.64%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 0.50% 0.42%

GRUPO MEXICO SAB DE CV SER B 0.37% 0.51%

Only in SPEM

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 2.58%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD 2.02%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H 0.96%

HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.70%

RELIANCE INDS SPONS GDR 144A 0.69%

IND + COMM BK OF CHINA H 0.55%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.50%

UNITED MICROELECTRON SP ADR 0.49%

Only in XCEM

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 9.69%

SK hynix Inc 4.56%

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 1.40%

SK Square Co Ltd 0.94%

HDFC Bank Ltd 0.91%

International Holding Co PJSC 0.81%

Reliance Industries Ltd 0.81%

iShares Semiconductor ETF 0.79%

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On the same fields

SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

XCEM

Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Columbia

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +43.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.6 pts +26.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.16%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 2746 449

Net assets, SPEM as of Oct 8, 2026 and XCEM as of Jun 30, 2026 $17.5bn $2.1bn

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

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%.

XCEM in plain words

XCEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +43.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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, SPEM or XCEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPEM returned +13.7% and XCEM +43.8%.
Which is cheaper, SPEM or XCEM?: SPEM is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPEM and XCEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of SPEM and 0% of XCEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

SPEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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