Is SPEM a good investment?

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF (SPEM) is a emerging-markets ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores SPEM 5.2 out of 10 — highest on Growth (8.3), lowest on Return (3.3). It trades at 14.2 times earnings, against its own median of 13.3. Its ten largest holdings are 15% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is SPEM rated? ETF Copilot scores State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF (SPEM) 5.2 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF (SPEM) 5.2 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

Overall: 5.2 / 10
Growth: 8.3 / 10
Valuation: 5.8 / 10
Risk: 3.4 / 10
Quality: 4.9 / 10
Return: 3.3 / 10

What is SPEM's expense ratio? 0.07% a year

As of September 11, 2026, SPEM charges 0.07% a year, yields 3.08% and holds $18.0B in assets across 2758 positions.

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF (SPEM) — cost, income and size
Measure	SPEM
Expense ratio	0.07%
Dividend yield	3.08%
Assets under management	$18.0B
Holdings	2758

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

What stands out in SPEM's data

Emerging-market equities, with a tilt toward Asia's faster-growing economies.

Priced below the typical emerging-market fund — you pay less for the same earnings stream.

Trailing EBITDA multiple of 9.2x sits under the category median of 9.6x, among the cheapest peers. It charges 0.07% a year and holds 2,758 names.

A broad emerging-market allocation, built around Asia's growth engines.

Is SPEM expensive right now? It trades at 14.2 times earnings, against its own median of 13.3

As of September 11, 2026, SPEM is more expensive than 73% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017 — 83 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside SPEM? 20% Tech

What's inside SPEM: Size (Large 48%, Mid 32%, Small 20%); Geography (International 99%, US 1%); Tech 19.6%; AI 1.3%; Semiconductors 7.0%; Memory 2.8%.

What are SPEM's top holdings? The ten largest are 15% of the fund

Taiwan Semiconductor, Tencent, Alibaba, Mediatek, China Construction Bank, Delta Electronics, Hon Hai Precision Industry, ASE Industrial, Reliance Inds and Hdfc Bank are SPEM's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 92% of Emerging Markets ETFs.

Half of SPEM's weight sits in its 128 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 225 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF (SPEM) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/spem