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EEM vs VWO

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
70.7 %

1,056 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and VWO would leave roughly 70.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EEM only 28.8% Shared 70.7% VWO only 24.4%
In EEM only
151 positions
Shared
1,056 positions
In VWO only
3,934 positions

Side by side

EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.72%
Net assets
$30.32B
TTM yield
1.70%
Top-10 conc.
33.1%
VWO

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

Vanguard · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$163.32B
TTM yield
2.33%
Top-10 conc.
29.5%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
94
77
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
67
Concentration
72
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Tracking quality
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EEM sub-score VWO

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VWO 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 VWO.

Top shared holdings

1,056 shared in total
# Holding In EEM In VWO Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 13.14% 14.61% 13.14%
2 Tencent Holdings Limited 3.61% 3.26% 3.26%
3 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.66% 2.55% 2.55%
4 CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.84% 0.85% 0.84%
5 HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.93% 0.80% 0.80%
6 RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.80% 0.90% 0.80%
7 MediaTek Inc. 0.80% 1.06% 0.80%
8 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.75% 1.17% 0.75%
9 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.82% 0.74% 0.74%
10 PDD Holdings Inc. 0.63% 0.66% 0.63%
11 ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.64% 0.61% 0.61%
12 XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.65% 0.56% 0.56%

Only in EEM

151 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.07%
  • SK hynix Inc. 3.45%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.70%
  • HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.53%
  • Nu Holdings Ltd 0.44%
  • SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.36%
  • KB Financial Group Inc. 0.34%
  • KIA CORPORATION 0.29%
  • DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. 0.28%
  • SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD 0.25%

Only in VWO

3,934 total
  • Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.24%
  • MPI Corp 0.12%
  • PTT PCL 0.11%
  • Advanced Info Service PCL 0.10%
  • Phison Electronics Corp 0.09%
  • H World Group Ltd 0.09%
  • Yangtze Optical Fibre & Cable Joint Stock Ltd Co 0.09%
  • Winbond Electronics Corp 0.08%
  • Kasikornbank PCL 0.08%
  • Macronix International Co Ltd 0.08%

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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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