ETF comparison
EEM vs EWZ
Both International Emerging.
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and EWZ would leave roughly 3.9% 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
EWZ 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 EWZ.
Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In EWZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VALE S.A. | 0.43% | 10.12% | 0.43% |
| 2 | Nu Holdings Ltd. | 0.43% | 9.45% | 0.43% |
| 3 | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | 0.34% | 7.66% | 0.34% |
| 4 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 0.31% | 7.01% | 0.31% |
| 5 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 0.29% | 6.66% | 0.29% |
| 6 | Banco Bradesco S.A. | 0.14% | 3.59% | 0.14% |
| 7 | B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | 0.13% | 3.35% | 0.13% |
| 8 | ITAUSA S.A. | 0.12% | 2.38% | 0.12% |
| 9 | WEG S.A. | 0.12% | 3.30% | 0.12% |
| 10 | AXIA Energia S.A. | 0.11% | 3.21% | 0.11% |
| 11 | BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. | 0.10% | 2.60% | 0.10% |
| 12 | AMBEV S.A. | 0.10% | 2.81% | 0.10% |
Only in EEM
1,147 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 15.03%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.16%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.42%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.87%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.94%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.45%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.92%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.89%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.83%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.78%
Only in EWZ
0 totalEvery EWZ position is also held by EEM.
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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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