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Is STXE a good investment?

Updated October 9, 2026

Strive Emerging Markets Ex-China ETF (STXE) is a emerging-markets ETF. As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores STXE 8.1 out of 10 — highest on Growth (9.6), lowest on Risk (5.3). It trades at 14.6 times earnings, against its own median of 15.1. Its ten largest holdings are 53% of the fund.

What stands out in STXE's data

Emerging-market companies, excluding China, weighted by free-float market capitalization.

Returned more than most emerging-market peers over the last three years — the gap adds up in a portfolio.

A 30% annualized return over three years sits ahead of most peers, whose median was 23%. The fund also earns 33.4% on invested capital.

A sleeve that adds emerging-market exposure outside China to a portfolio.

How is STXE rated? ETF Copilot scores Strive Emerging Markets Ex-China ETF (STXE) 8.1 out of 10

As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Strive Emerging Markets Ex-China ETF (STXE) 8.1 out of 10 overall.

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

  • Overall: 8.1 / 10
  • Growth: 9.6 / 10
  • Value: 5.7 / 10
  • Risk: 5.3 / 10
  • Quality: 9.4 / 10
  • Return: 9.2 / 10

Is STXE expensive right now? It trades at 14.6 times earnings, against its own median of 15.1

As of October 9, 2026, STXE is cheaper than 63% of its own last 4 years.

Trailing 12 months, built from STXE's holdings. How we calculate this →

What's inside STXE? 56% Tech

What's inside STXE: Size (Large 85%, Mid 15%, Small 0%); Geography (International 100%, US 0%); Tech 55.5%; AI 1.3%; Semiconductors 33.3%; Memory 26.4%.

What are STXE's top holdings? The ten largest are 53% of the fund

More concentrated than 97% of Emerging Markets ETFs.

Half of STXE's weight sits in its 8 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 14 equally weighted holdings.

What is STXE's expense ratio? 0.32% a year

As of October 9, 2026, STXE charges 0.32% a year, yields 2.81% and holds $144M in assets across 186 positions.

Strive Emerging Markets Ex-China ETF (STXE) — cost, income and size
MeasureSTXE
Expense ratio0.32%
Dividend yield2.81%
Assets under management$144M
Holdings186

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.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “Strive Emerging Markets Ex-China ETF (STXE) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 9, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/stxe

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