ETF comparison
EEM vs EWY
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
Holdings overlap
77 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and EWY would leave roughly 19.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EWY is 13 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 EWY.
Top shared holdings
77 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In EWY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.16% | 22.13% | 7.16% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.42% | 20.96% | 5.42% |
| 3 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.56% | 3.17% | 0.56% |
| 4 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.48% | 2.96% | 0.48% |
| 5 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.36% | 2.10% | 0.36% |
| 6 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.32% | 1.74% | 0.32% |
| 7 | Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. | 0.27% | 1.66% | 0.27% |
| 8 | Hana Financial Group Inc. | 0.22% | 1.43% | 0.22% |
| 9 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 0.22% | 1.29% | 0.22% |
| 10 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 0.22% | 1.32% | 0.22% |
| 11 | SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. | 0.21% | 1.29% | 0.21% |
| 12 | KIA CORPORATION | 0.18% | 1.14% | 0.18% |
Only in EEM
1,116 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 15.03%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.87%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.94%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.45%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.92%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.83%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.78%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.70%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.66%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.64%
Only in EWY
1 total- LOTTE SHOPPING CO.,LTD. 0.00%
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- EWY vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 17.4%
- EWY vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 14.9%
- EWY vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 11.1%
- EWY vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 10.4%
- EWY vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 5.7%
- EWY vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 5.3%
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/.
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