ETF comparison
DEM vs IGRO
Both Dividend.
WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund · iShares International Dividend Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
21 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DEM and IGRO would leave roughly 2.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IGRO is 48 bps cheaper than DEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $480/yr more in fees for DEM.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with DEM vs IGRO.
Top shared holdings
21 shared in total| # | Holding | In DEM | In IGRO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firstrand Ltd | 0.80% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 2 | China Merchants Bank Co Ltd. | 0.43% | 0.71% | 0.43% |
| 3 | CIMB Group Holdings Berhad | 0.26% | 0.36% | 0.26% |
| 4 | Localiza Rent a Car SA | 0.40% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 5 | ENN ENERGY HOLDINGS LTD | 0.29% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 6 | Tsingtao Brewery Group Co Ltd. | 0.21% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | Bidvest Group Ltd. | 0.23% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 8 | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd | 0.06% | 0.16% | 0.06% |
| 9 | Manila Electric Co. | 0.25% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | DB Insurance Co Ltd. | 0.03% | 0.08% | 0.03% |
| 11 | Antam Persero Tbk | 0.18% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | China Communications Services Corp Ltd. | 0.11% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in DEM
498 total- China Construction Bank Corp. 4.51%
- Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. 2.82%
- MediaTek Inc. 2.52%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 2.15%
- GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE SAB DE CV 1.99%
- Orlen SA 1.91%
- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Ltd. 1.67%
- Industrial Bank Co Ltd. 1.43%
- Fomento Economico Mexicano S A B de C V 1.36%
- Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA 1.31%
Only in IGRO
547 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 3.05%
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 2.98%
- Nestle S.A. 2.84%
- Novartis AG 2.83%
- BANQUE ROYALE DU CANADA 2.76%
- Roche Holding AG 2.66%
- SANOFI SA 2.50%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 2.42%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S 2.38%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 2.24%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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