ETF comparison
EEM vs SCHE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
1,045 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and SCHE would leave roughly 75.9% 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
SCHE is 66 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $660/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 SCHE.
Top shared holdings
1,045 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In SCHE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 15.03% | 16.98% | 15.03% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.87% | 3.33% | 2.87% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.94% | 2.54% | 1.94% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.45% | 1.68% | 1.45% |
| 5 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.92% | 1.03% | 0.92% |
| 6 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.83% | 0.99% | 0.83% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.78% | 0.89% | 0.78% |
| 8 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.70% | 0.78% | 0.70% |
| 9 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.66% | 0.83% | 0.66% |
| 10 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.64% | 0.75% | 0.64% |
| 11 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.51% | 0.71% | 0.51% |
| 12 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.50% | 0.57% | 0.50% |
Only in EEM
148 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.16%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.42%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.89%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.56%
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.48%
- Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.43%
- KB Financial Group Inc. 0.36%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.32%
- Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. 0.27%
- Lenovo Group Limited 0.23%
Only in SCHE
1,144 total- Nanya Technology Corp 0.18%
- Winbond Electronics Corp 0.16%
- Phison Electronics Corp 0.11%
- Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd 0.09%
- H World Group Ltd 0.08%
- Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp 0.08%
- Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE 0.07%
- Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp 0.07%
- Coforge Ltd 0.07%
- Tripod Technology Corp 0.06%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with EEM
- 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%
- EEM vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 64.0%
- EEM vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 49.8%
- EEM vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 42.8%
More comparisons with SCHE
- SCHE vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 70.9%
- SCHE vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 70.2%
- SCHE vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 67.6%
- SCHE vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 64.4%
- SCHE vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 64.2%
- SCHE vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 50.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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