ETF comparison
EEM vs ESGE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF
Holdings overlap
294 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and ESGE would leave roughly 63.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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
294 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In ESGE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 13.14% | 13.61% | 13.14% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.07% | 6.28% | 6.07% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.61% | 3.56% | 3.56% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc. | 3.45% | 3.72% | 3.45% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.66% | 2.51% | 2.51% |
| 6 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.93% | 1.13% | 0.93% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.84% | 1.23% | 0.84% |
| 8 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.80% | 0.84% | 0.80% |
| 9 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.75% | 0.92% | 0.75% |
| 10 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.80% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 11 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.70% | 1.00% | 0.70% |
| 12 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.65% | 0.66% | 0.65% |
Only in EEM
913 total- VALE S.A. 0.53%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.53%
- BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.46%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.34%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.34%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.30%
- Zijin Mining Group Company Limited 0.29%
- KIA CORPORATION 0.29%
- The Saudi National Bank SJSC 0.28%
- LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED 0.27%
Only in ESGE
2 total- BlackRock Funds III 0.57%
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0.17%
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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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