ETF comparison
FNDE vs SPEM
Both International Emerging.
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
283 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDE and SPEM would leave roughly 39.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPEM is 32 bps cheaper than FNDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for FNDE.
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 FNDE vs SPEM.
Top shared holdings
283 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDE | In SPEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 5.86% | 14.65% | 5.86% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 1.84% | 2.74% | 1.84% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 2.78% | 1.79% | 1.79% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc | 1.45% | 1.82% | 1.45% |
| 5 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 2.71% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 6 | ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd | 0.92% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 7 | China Construction Bank Corp | 2.60% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 8 | HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.50% | 0.83% | 0.50% |
| 9 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd | 1.58% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 10 | PDD Holdings Inc | 0.53% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 11 | CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd | 0.42% | 0.56% | 0.42% |
| 12 | Bank of China Ltd | 1.38% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
Only in FNDE
64 total- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.49%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.35%
- JD.com Inc 1.51%
- United Microelectronics Corp 0.96%
- PTT PCL 0.91%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.86%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.63%
- Infosys Ltd 0.52%
- Banco Bradesco SA 0.42%
- Gerdau SA 0.40%
Only in SPEM
2,632 total- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.71%
- United Microelectronics Corp 0.67%
- Elite Material Co Ltd 0.40%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.40%
- Vale SA 0.39%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.38%
- Naspers Ltd 0.37%
- NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands 0.37%
- Infosys Ltd 0.33%
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- FNDE vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 34.4%
- FNDE vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 33.9%
- FNDE vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 33.6%
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- SPEM vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 22.0%
- SPEM vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 21.7%
- SPEM vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 21.3%
- SPEM vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 18.7%
- SPEM vs FXI · iShares China Large-Cap ETF 12.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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