EWT vs SPEM overlap - what they share and where they differ

EWT and SPEM share 28.4% of their weight across 72 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

EWT and SPEM

28.4%

72 shared positions

EWT

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

Reported positions cover 99% of the fund, 77 positions · Aug 31, 2026

Top 10: 47.0%·Holdings of EWT

SPEM

State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 2,718 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 26.7%·Holdings of SPEM

Reported positions cover EWT 99%, SPEM 100% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

SPEM vs EWT side by side

EWTiShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

77

stock positions reported to the SEC

3.6% of its weight is in 5 names SPEM does not hold

SPEMState Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

2,718

stock positions reported to the SEC

71.3% of its weight is in 2,646 names EWT does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

EWT
SPEM
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
24.9%
21.6%
Financial Services
1.1%
3.4%
Consumer Cyclical
1.0%
1.9%
Basic Materials
0.0%
0.9%
Communication Services
0.7%
0.7%
Industrials
0.6%
0.0%

The widest gap is Technology: EWT has 3.2 points more of it.

The figures side by side

EWTSPEM
Filing dateAug 31, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Stock positions reported772,718
Weight of the ten largest47.0%26.7%
Largest positionTSM 20.3%TSM 14.7%
Held alone5 positions, 3.6%2,646 positions, 71.3%
Covered by stock positions99%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn EWTIn SPEMCounted
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited20.31%14.65%14.65%
MEDIATEK INC.6.05%1.82%1.82%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.3.97%1.13%1.13%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.3.35%0.93%0.93%
ASXASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.2.62%0.82%0.82%
UMCUnited Microelectronics Corporation1.94%0.67%0.67%
CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO., LTD.1.47%0.56%0.56%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP.2.20%0.50%0.50%
FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING CO., LTD.1.67%0.41%0.41%
YAGEO CORPORATION1.51%0.41%0.41%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in EWT

ASUSTEK COMPUTER INCORPORATION1.10%
E. SUN FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY, LTD.0.89%
HONPRECISION INC0.73%
FAR EASTONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD.0.44%
TAIWAN BUSINESS BANK, LTD.0.42%

Only in SPEM

TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITEDTencent Holdings Ltd2.74%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Ltd1.79%
SUGPSunshine Lake Pharma Co Ltd1.14%
HDBHDFC Bank Ltd0.84%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATIONChina Construction Bank Corp0.81%
RSReliance Power Ltd0.81%
IBNICICI Bank Ltd0.71%
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITEDBharti Airtel Ltd0.53%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITEDIndustrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd0.53%
PBRPetroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras0.47%

Questions people ask

Is EWT the same as SPEM?

28.4% of their weight sits in the same 72 holdings. EWT also reports ASUSTEK COMPUTER INCORPORATION, E. SUN FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY, LTD., HONPRECISION INC, which the other does not. SPEM also reports TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, BABA, SUGP, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between EWT and SPEM measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 99% of EWT and 100% of SPEM, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, SPEM or EWT?

EWT reports 77 stock positions and SPEM reports 2,718. 3.6% of EWT's weight sits in names SPEM does not hold, and 71.3% of SPEM's weight in names EWT does not hold. The ten largest positions are 47.0% of EWT and 26.7% of SPEM.

How do EWT and SPEM differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: EWT has 3.2 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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