ETF comparison
EEM vs KWEB
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF
Holdings overlap
23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and KWEB would leave roughly 9.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
KWEB is 2 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/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 KWEB.
Top shared holdings
23 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In KWEB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.61% | 10.09% | 3.61% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.66% | 8.93% | 2.66% |
| 3 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.63% | 8.78% | 0.63% |
| 4 | MEITUAN | 0.44% | 7.36% | 0.44% |
| 5 | NETEASE, INC. | 0.34% | 5.91% | 0.34% |
| 6 | BAIDU, INC. | 0.30% | 4.28% | 0.30% |
| 7 | TRIP.COM GROUP LIMITED | 0.28% | 3.56% | 0.28% |
| 8 | JD.COM, INC. | 0.27% | 4.91% | 0.27% |
| 9 | KUAISHOU TECHNOLOGY | 0.17% | 3.33% | 0.17% |
| 10 | Ke Holdings Inc | 0.10% | 4.34% | 0.10% |
| 11 | TENCENT MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP | 0.07% | 2.50% | 0.07% |
| 12 | JD Health International Inc | 0.07% | 4.01% | 0.07% |
Only in EEM
1,184 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 13.14%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.07%
- SK hynix Inc. 3.45%
- 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%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.70%
Only in KWEB
9 total- Full Truck Alliance Co Ltd 3.59%
- Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 2.72%
- XD INC. 1.34%
- East Buy Holding Ltd 1.12%
- ZhongAn Online P & C Insurance Co., Ltd. 1.11%
- JOYY INC. 1.04%
- PING AN HEALTHCARE AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED 0.97%
- Damai Entertainment Holdings Limited 0.55%
- WEIBO CORPORATION 0.50%
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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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