ETF comparison
ILF vs SPEM
Both International Emerging.
iShares Latin America 40 ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
33 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ILF and SPEM would leave roughly 5.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPEM is 40 bps cheaper than ILF. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/yr more in fees for ILF.
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 ILF vs SPEM.
Top shared holdings
33 shared in total| # | Holding | In ILF | In SPEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VALE S.A. | 8.83% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 2 | Nu Holdings Ltd. | 8.50% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 3 | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | 7.02% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 4 | Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. | 5.16% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 5 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 6.40% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 6 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 5.98% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 7 | Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. | 4.15% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 8 | CREDICORP LTD. | 3.57% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 9 | America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. | 3.56% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 10 | B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | 2.90% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 11 | Banco Bradesco S.A. | 2.99% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 12 | Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. | 2.89% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
Only in ILF
8 total- Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. 1.79%
- CENTRAIS ELETRICAS BRASILEIRAS SA ELETROBRAS 1.60%
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, S.A.B. de C.V. 1.56%
- TELEFONICA BRASIL S.A 0.91%
- Arca Continental, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.88%
- Banco Santander-Chile 0.80%
- GRUPO CARSO, S.A.B. DE C.V. 0.63%
- Ecopetrol S.A. 0.57%
Only in SPEM
2,912 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 11.96%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.48%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.99%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.95%
- Delta Electronics Inc 0.93%
- HDFC Bank Ltd 0.84%
- MediaTek Inc 0.82%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.77%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.71%
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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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