ETF comparison
DFAE vs SPEM
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
2,222 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and SPEM would leave roughly 58.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPEM is 22 bps cheaper than DFAE. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for DFAE.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with DFAE vs SPEM.
Top shared holdings
2,222 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In SPEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.22% | 11.96% | 11.96% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.65% | 3.48% | 2.65% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.40% | 2.57% | 1.40% |
| 4 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 0.93% | 0.90% |
| 5 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.78% | 0.95% | 0.78% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.69% | 0.82% | 0.69% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.53% | 0.77% | 0.53% |
| 8 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.52% | 0.70% | 0.52% |
| 9 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.47% | 0.48% | 0.47% |
| 10 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.44% | 0.60% | 0.44% |
| 11 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.42% | 0.71% | 0.42% |
| 12 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.41% | 0.57% | 0.41% |
Only in DFAE
4,088 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.35%
- SK hynix Inc. 3.49%
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 1.76%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.64%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.46%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.45%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.43%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.37%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.33%
- LIG Defense&Aerospace Co., Ltd 0.28%
Only in SPEM
723 total- NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands 0.44%
- Naspers Ltd 0.42%
- JD.com Inc 0.37%
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0.36%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.36%
- Larsen & Toubro Ltd 0.31%
- Baidu Inc 0.30%
- Bajaj Finance Ltd 0.26%
- State Bank of India 0.25%
- Advanced Info Service PCL 0.23%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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