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ETF comparison

EEM vs ESGE

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
65.6 %

286 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and ESGE would leave roughly 65.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EEM unmatched 34.1% Shared 65.6% ESGE unmatched 33.9%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In EEM only
907 positions
Shared
286 positions
In ESGE only
1 positions

Side by side

EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

61 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.72%
Net assets
$28.25B
TTM yield
1.84%
Top-10 conc.
37.3%
ESGE

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

iShares · International Emerging

77 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$6.25B
TTM yield
2.31%
Top-10 conc.
37.9%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
75
77
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
91
61
Concentration
60
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Tracking quality
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EEM sub-score ESGE

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

ESGE is 47 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/yr more in fees for EEM.

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 EEM vs ESGE.

Top shared holdings

286 shared in total
# Holding In EEM In ESGE Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 15.03% 15.08% 15.03%
2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.16% 7.25% 7.16%
3 SK hynix Inc. 5.42% 5.55% 5.42%
4 Tencent Holdings Limited 2.87% 2.56% 2.56%
5 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.94% 1.71% 1.71%
6 MediaTek Inc. 1.45% 1.41% 1.41%
7 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.92% 1.09% 0.92%
8 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.89% 0.94% 0.89%
9 CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.83% 1.19% 0.83%
10 HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.70% 0.80% 0.70%
11 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.78% 0.60% 0.60%
12 SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.56% 0.65% 0.56%

Only in EEM

907 total
  • VALE S.A. 0.43%
  • BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.42%
  • PDD Holdings Inc. 0.39%
  • Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.34%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.34%
  • Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.31%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.31%
  • NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION 0.29%
  • The Saudi National Bank SJSC 0.27%
  • OTP Bank Nyrt. 0.25%

Only in ESGE

1 total
  • MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED 0.11%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.