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GEME vs JEMA

Pacific NoS Global EM Equity Active ETF

GEMECNasdaq

JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF

JEMAANasdaq

Overlap

Expense ratio

JEMA −0.42pt a year

GEME0.75%JEMA0.33%

Avg volume · 30D

JEMA 2.6×the volume

GEME57.5KJEMA148K

GEME vs JEMA Performance

Nov 7, 2025 – Nov 9, 2026

+26.0%GEME+18.1%JEMA

Nov 7, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026. GEME +26.0%. JEMA +18.1%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.0%10%40%50%Nov 2025May 2026Nov 2026
Expense ratio
GEME 0.75%
JEMA 0.33%, better
Fund size
GEME $437M
JEMA $1.59B
1Y total return
GEME +26.0%, better
JEMA +18.1%
Yield (12M)
GEME No data
JEMA 2.54%
Holdings
GEME 56
JEMA 485
Avg volume (30D)
GEME 57.5K sh
JEMA 148K sh, better
NAV per share
GEME $36.93
JEMA $54.58
52W range

ETF.net Grade

GEME: Cost 25, Risk 58, Mission not scored, Tradability 68, Holdings 31, Durability 59. JEMA: Cost 94, Risk 47, Mission not scored, Tradability 80, Holdings not scored, Durability 89.
Pillar letters and Scores for GEME, JEMA, with each pillar’s weight
PillarGEMEJEMA
Cost30% weightD25A94Higher
Mission25% weightNot scoredNot scored
Risk15% weightB58HigherC47
Tradability15% weightB68A80Higher
Holdings10% weightD31Not scored
Durability5% weightB59A89Higher

Rank among Emerging Markets Active Equity funds

How we build Categories ›
Same Category. Both funds are graded against the same funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Same Category. GEME and JEMA are both graded against the same 27 Emerging Markets Active Equity funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Emerging Markets Active Equity⁠

Category · 27 funds
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JEMA ranks 4th and GEME 18th of 27 funds in the Emerging Markets Active Equity Category.

  1. Rank 1AAVEMAvantis Emerging Markets Equity ETFScore 86
  2. Rank 2AAVSEAvantis Responsible Emerging Markets Equity ETFScore 80
  3. Rank 2AAVXCAvantis Emerging Markets ex-China Equity ETFScore 80
  4. Rank 4AJEMAJPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETFScore 79
  5. Rank 5ADFEMDimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETFScore 78
  6. Rank 17CRNEMFirst Trust Emerging Markets Equity Select ETFScore 44
  7. Rank 18CGEMEPacific NoS Global EM Equity Active ETFScore 43
  8. Rank 18CVEMVirtus Emerging Markets Dividend ETFScore 43

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

GEMECPacific NoS Global EM Equity Active ETF

JEMAAJPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF

In short

GEME Emerging markets with no index to hide behind. GEME arrived in 2025 as a stock-picker's EM fund, charging 0.75% in a corner of the market where cheap systematic rivals set the going rate.

JEMA Active emerging-markets management priced like an index fund: J.P. Morgan blends its own country, region and style EM strategies into one roughly 500-stock portfolio built to keep the MSCI EM index's sector and country risk shape.

Stated mandate

GEME The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

JEMA Seeks long-term capital appreciation through a portfolio of emerging-market equities.

Why people hold it

  • GEME Genuinely active: no declared index, so the portfolio reflects a manager's picks among emerging market companies rather than a benchmark's country and sector weights.
  • The prospectus objective is one line, long-term capital appreciation from equities. No income overlay, no thematic tilt, no leverage bolted on.
  • Not a launch-week shell. It gathered assets in the hundreds of millions and trades in reasonable size for a fund this young.
  • JEMA 0.33% a year, about half the 0.65% median for active EM funds and level with the cheapest names in the group (AVEM, AVXC, AVSE).
  • Not one manager's hunch: the portfolio stitches together a range of J.P. Morgan's actively managed EM strategies across countries, regions and styles.sec.gov
  • Active tilts, benchmark shape. It overweights and underweights countries and sectors versus the MSCI EM index while aiming to hold similar sector and geographic risk.sec.gov
  • A multi-billion-dollar fund that stands among the strongest implementations in the active EM group on cost and structure.

Worth knowing

  • GEME At 0.75% it prices above the typical active EM ETF. Systematic peers such as AVEM (0.33%) and DFEM (0.39%) anchor the cheap end of the same shelf.
  • It launched in January 2025, so there is no long run of EM booms and busts to judge the process against yet.
  • Cash comes back once or twice a year rather than monthly, in line with a capital-appreciation mandate.
  • JEMA Active means results ride on the adviser's calls, and the fund has only been trading since 2021, a short record for an EM strategy.sec.gov
  • Full-market EM exposure runs hot: volatility screens as the softer part of the picture next to peers, the trade-off for staying in the whole asset class.
  • Moderately traded rather than a tape giant, and cash comes back once or twice a year, not monthly.

Full GEME profile⁠

Full JEMA profile⁠

GEME vs JEMA Holdings

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

GEME vs JEMA Cost

Overpaying GEME vs JEMA

$7,745

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • GEME 0.75%

    $14,482

  • JEMA 0.33%

    $6,737

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • GEME 0.75%
  • JEMA 0.33%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K051015202530GEME $14,482JEMA $6,737

Year by year

YearGEMEJEMAOverpaying
10$1,336$598$738
20$5,078$2,318$2,760
30$14,482$6,737$7,745

Expense ratio

  • 0.75%GEME
  • 0.33%JEMA, cheaper
  • Middle half of Emerging Markets Active Equity funds
  • Median 0.65%

JEMA cheapest of 27 funds

GEME 20th cheapest of 27 funds

GEME vs JEMA Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026
Yield (12M)
GEME No data
JEMA 2.54%
Payout (12M)
GEME No data
JEMA $1.43
Last payment
GEME $2.26
JEMA $1.43
Ex-dividend
GEME Dec 30, 2025
JEMA Dec 16, 2025
Paid on
GEME Dec 31, 2025
JEMA Dec 18, 2025
Frequency
GEME Irregular
JEMA Annual

Distribution history

Per share, 2021 to 2026, same scale for both

GEMEIrregular · 1 paymentAll GEME payments⁠
One bar per payment. 1 payment from 2021 to 2026 YTD. Dec 30, 2025 $2.26. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2.5020232026YTD
JEMAAnnual · 7 paymentsAll JEMA payments⁠
One bar per payment. 7 payments from 2021 to 2026 YTD. Dec 15, 2021 $0.09; Dec 21, 2021 $0.57; Dec 30, 2021 $0.06; Dec 20, 2022 $0.91; Dec 19, 2023 $1.07; Dec 24, 2024 $0.91; Dec 16, 2025 $1.43. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2.5020232026YTD

GEME vs JEMA Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years
GEME 21.7%since Feb 2025JEMA 16.7%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years
GEME 1.16since Feb 2025JEMA 1.03
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years
GEME −19.2%since Jan 2025JEMA −36.5%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
GEME 1.16JEMA 1.08

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