Fund · Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta(R) Emerging Markets Equity ETF · measured from SEC filings
GEM holdings
GEM reports 745 holdings and behaves like 31.3 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Read this figure with the following in mind
1.2% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 30.5
The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.
Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 96.85% at a quoted market price (level 1), 34 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31GEM's largest investment is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd Twd10 at 14.33% of net assets. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Krw100 and SK Hynix Inc Krw5000 follow; the three together are 27.76%. Ten companies are 38.28% of the fund; the other 735 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, GEM behaves like 31.3 holdings against a median of 42.4 — close to the median. Across 27 quarterly filings GEM has become more concentrated: it behaved like 114.1 at 2019-11-29 and 31.3 at 2026-05-31. Between the 2026-02-28 and 2026-05-31 filings 90 positions were added and 76 dropped; 16.2% of the weight moved. Taiwan is the largest country at 23.97% of the portfolio, across 34 countries in the filing.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-11-29 and 2026-05-31, GEM went from behaving like 114.1 equally weighted positions to 31.3 — 73% fewer, while its top ten went from 21.28% to 38.28% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 745 | 31.3 | 38.28% | 14.18% |
| 2026-02-28 | 729 | 39.7 | 32.86% | 13.15% |
| 2025-11-30 | 741 | 52.3 | 28.63% | 11.32% |
| 2025-08-31 | 734 | 62.3 | 25.93% | 10.12% |
| 2025-05-31 | 737 | 70.1 | 25.99% | 9.13% |
| 2025-02-28 | 738 | 66.3 | 25.95% | 9.64% |
| 2024-11-30 | 763 | 73.8 | 23.26% | 9.53% |
| 2024-08-31 | 789 | 76.5 | 24.9% | 8.67% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-11-29)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 821 | 79.1 | 25.21% | 7.47% |
| 2024-02-29 | 742 | 114.9 | 19.76% | 6.7% |
| 2023-11-30 | 763 | 122.1 | 19.64% | 5.92% |
| 2023-08-31 | 758 | 129.1 | 18.94% | 5.68% |
| 2023-05-31 | 759 | 120.5 | 19.31% | 6.15% |
| 2023-02-28 | 740 | 128.7 | 19.38% | 5.7% |
| 2022-11-30 | 726 | 137.8 | 18.97% | 5.42% |
| 2022-08-31 | 723 | 131.1 | 19.34% | 5.6% |
| 2022-05-31 | 692 | 118.5 | 20.24% | 6.1% |
| 2022-02-28 | 696 | 113.2 | 20.43% | 6.35% |
| 2021-11-30 | 674 | 112.1 | 20.68% | 6.15% |
| 2021-08-31 | 641 | 108.5 | 21.31% | 6.02% |
| 2021-05-28 | 589 | 100.8 | 22.49% | 5.56% |
| 2021-02-26 | 418 | 79 | 25.83% | 5.94% |
| 2020-11-30 | 420 | 79.8 | 25.56% | 5.95% |
| 2020-08-31 | 420 | 70.1 | 26.64% | 7.35% |
| 2020-05-29 | 427 | 86.2 | 24.04% | 6.12% |
| 2020-02-28 | 426 | 97.9 | 22.99% | 5.28% |
| 2019-11-29 | 429 | 114.1 | 21.28% | 4.7% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
As filed, collateral included
1.17% collateralGEM's filing lists 746 positions including 1.17% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 30.5 effective holdings with a top ten of 39.14%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 31.3 with a top ten of 38.28%. The collateral is matched by a liability and is not a holding the fund chose; since 2026-09-18 every figure on this site sets it aside (methodology). Both numbers are in the data.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-31The 15 largest of 745 positions in GEM's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: GEM.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD | 14.18% | 14.2% |
| 2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD | 7.46% | 21.6% |
| 3 | SK HYNIX INC | 5.82% | 27.5% |
| 4 | TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD | 2.56% | 30.0% |
| 5 | GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST | 2.43% | 32.5% |
| 6 | ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD | 1.80% | 34.3% |
| 7 | MEDIATEK INC | 1.52% | 35.8% |
| 8 | DELTA ELECTRONICS INC | 0.98% | 36.7% |
| 9 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD | 0.82% | 37.6% |
| 10 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS | 0.71% | 38.3% |
| 11 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP | 0.71% | 39.0% |
| 12 | ISHARES INC | 0.56% | 39.5% |
| 13 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD | 0.51% | 40.1% |
| 14 | LG ELECTRONICS INC | 0.51% | 40.6% |
| 15 | HDFC BANK LTD | 0.50% | 41.1% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-05-31Share of GEM's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Taiwan | 24.24% |
| South Korea | 21.65% |
| China | 11.26% |
| India | 10.19% |
| Cayman Islands° | 9.12% |
| United States | 3.36% |
| Brazil | 3.32% |
| South Africa | 2.85% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-09 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of GEM's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.58 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: GEM.json · all funds.
Who borrows GEM's shares
2026-05-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-05-31, $16m was out to 14 borrowers, 0.97% of net assets. The largest, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED, held 20.6% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED | $3m | 20.6% |
| TD SECURITIES (USA), LLC | $3m | 15.5% |
| JEFFERIES INTERNATIONAL LTD | $2m | 12.3% |
| Merrill Lynch International | $2m | 10.8% |
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC | $2m | 9.7% |
Cash collateral reported against the loan: 1.17% of net assets, 121.1% of the amount lent. That is a floor on the collateral, not the whole of it — collateral the fund does not hold as a position is not in this filing, so a figure under 100% is not evidence of under-collateralisation. How that figure behaves across all funds. Every quarter GEM has filed, with each borrower: GEM.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-31729 positions became 743: 90 added (3.6% of the fund at the later date), 76 dropped (3.3% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 16.2%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of GEM compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK HYNIX INC | 3.42% | 5.82% | TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD | 3.41% | 2.56% |
| SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD | 5.82% | 7.46% | ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD | 2.33% | 1.80% |
| TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD | 13.15% | 14.18% | HDFC BANK LTD | 0.73% | 0.50% |
| MEDIATEK INC | 0.74% | 1.52% | ICICI BANK LTD | 0.60% | 0.43% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST | 1.83% | 2.43% | PDD HOLDINGS INC | 0.48% | 0.34% |
| SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS | 0.18% | 0.71% | XIAOMI CORP | 0.46% | 0.33% |
New: ICE FUTURES U.S. (0.14%), XINYI SOLAR HOLDINGS LTD (0.10%), NATIONAL ALUMINIUM COMPANY LTD (0.07%), SUNNY OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY (GROUP) CO LTD (0.06%), SAMSUNG SDI COMPANY LTD (0.06%), MPI CORP (0.06%). Gone: SK Biopharmaceuticals Co Ltd (0.15%), Far Eastern New Century Corp. (0.14%), Compal Electronics Inc. (0.12%), Totvs SA (0.10%), Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (0.09%), Grupo Comercial Chedraui S.A.B. de C.V. (0.09%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 94.17% |
| short-term investment STIV | 3.54% |
| preferred equity EP | 2.14% |
| derivative DE | 0.14% |
96.8% of GEM is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1); 0.1% at level 3, priced from the filer's own inputs. Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-05-31A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $1.67B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of GEM (31.3). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHE Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 2,180 | 30.8 | 30.51% | 2026-05-31 |
| SMIG Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF | 41 | 31 | 42.28% | 2026-06-30 |
| RSPU Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF | 32 | 31 | 33.62% | 2026-07-31 |
| FDL First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund | 101 | 31.1 | 48.18% | 2026-06-30 |
| JEMA JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 526 | 31.1 | 38.34% | 2026-07-31 |
| MGNR American Beacon GLG Natural Resources ETF | 40 | 31.4 | 42.2% | 2026-07-31 |
| XHB State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Homebuilders ETF | 38 | 31.5 | 35.57% | 2026-06-30 |
| EQTY Kovitz Core Equity ETF | 40 | 31.5 | 42.26% | 2026-07-31 |
| FREL Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF | 124 | 31.6 | 47.53% | 2026-07-31 |
| FCG First Trust Natural Gas ETF | 43 | 31.6 | 42.18% | 2026-06-30 |
Essays that examine GEM
0Mentions are detected across the full text of every article, so an appearance may be a passing comparison rather than the subject. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell — see the disclaimer.