ETF comparison
EEM vs EWY
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
Holdings overlap
82 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and EWY would leave roughly 17.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
82 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In EWY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.07% | 29.30% | 6.07% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 3.45% | 19.91% | 3.45% |
| 3 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.53% | 3.22% | 0.53% |
| 4 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.36% | 2.25% | 0.36% |
| 5 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.34% | 2.08% | 0.34% |
| 6 | KIA CORPORATION | 0.29% | 1.73% | 0.29% |
| 7 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 0.28% | 1.72% | 0.28% |
| 8 | SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD | 0.25% | 1.46% | 0.25% |
| 9 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 0.24% | 1.46% | 0.24% |
| 10 | Celltrion, Inc. | 0.22% | 1.37% | 0.22% |
| 11 | NAVER Corporation | 0.21% | 1.27% | 0.21% |
| 12 | Hana Financial Group Inc. | 0.20% | 1.24% | 0.20% |
Only in EEM
1,125 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 13.14%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 3.61%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.66%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.93%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.84%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.82%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.80%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.80%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.75%
- XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.65%
Only in EWY
2 total- BlackRock Funds III 2.15%
- Lotte Shopping Co Ltd 0.00%
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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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