ETF comparison
EEM vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
1,192 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and IEMG would leave roughly 87.3% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 63 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $630/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 IEMG.
Top shared holdings
1,192 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 15.03% | 13.17% | 13.17% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.16% | 6.28% | 6.28% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.42% | 4.76% | 4.76% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.87% | 2.52% | 2.52% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.94% | 1.70% | 1.70% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.45% | 1.27% | 1.27% |
| 7 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.92% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 8 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.89% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 9 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.83% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 10 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.78% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.70% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 12 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.66% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
Only in EEM
1 total- ENKA INSAAT VE SANAYI ANONIM SIRKETI 0.00%
Only in IEMG
1,709 total- NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0.15%
- Winbond Electronics Corporation 0.12%
- Phison Electronics Corporation 0.08%
- TAIWAN UNION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0.08%
- LandMark Optoelectronics Corporation 0.06%
- NAN YA PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CORPORATION 0.06%
- Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp 0.06%
- COMPEQ MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 0.06%
- Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation 0.05%
- MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0.05%
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- EEM vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 79.1%
- EEM vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 75.9%
- EEM vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 73.5%
- EEM vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 71.0%
- EEM vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 65.6%
More comparisons with IEMG
- IEMG vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 79.2%
- IEMG vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 72.3%
- IEMG vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 71.6%
- IEMG vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 70.9%
- IEMG vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 69.4%
- IEMG vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 62.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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