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IEMG vs SPEM

Both International Emerging.

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
63.2 %

1,500 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and SPEM would leave roughly 63.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IEMG only 36.5% Shared 63.2% SPEM only 36.7%
In IEMG only
1,173 positions
Shared
1,500 positions
In SPEM only
1,445 positions

Side by side

IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$160.72B
TTM yield
2.26%
Top-10 conc.
28.8%
SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

State Street · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$17.31B
TTM yield
2.52%
Top-10 conc.
25.3%

Sub-score comparison

91
Cost
93
76
Tax efficiency
75
100
Liquidity
100
73
Concentration
78
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Tracking quality
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IEMG sub-score SPEM

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SPEM is 2 bps cheaper than IEMG. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for IEMG.

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 IEMG vs SPEM.

Top shared holdings

1,500 shared in total
# Holding In IEMG In SPEM Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 11.41% 11.96% 11.41%
2 Tencent Holdings Limited 3.14% 3.48% 3.14%
3 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.32% 2.57% 2.32%
4 HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.82% 0.84% 0.82%
5 CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.73% 0.95% 0.73%
6 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.72% 0.77% 0.72%
7 MediaTek Inc. 0.70% 0.82% 0.70%
8 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.65% 0.93% 0.65%
9 XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.57% 0.64% 0.57%
10 PDD Holdings Inc. 0.55% 0.70% 0.55%
11 Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.43% 0.48% 0.43%
12 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.40% 0.60% 0.40%

Only in IEMG

1,173 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.29%
  • SK hynix Inc. 3.01%
  • RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.70%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.60%
  • ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.48%
  • HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.46%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.37%
  • INFOSYS LIMITED 0.36%
  • SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.31%
  • KB Financial Group Inc. 0.30%

Only in SPEM

1,445 total
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.99%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.71%
  • Vale SA 0.50%
  • Infosys Ltd 0.48%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.43%
  • Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0.36%
  • Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.36%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.35%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.32%
  • Larsen & Toubro Ltd 0.31%

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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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