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ETF comparison

EMXC vs EWZ

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF · iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
5.0 %

46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMXC and EWZ would leave roughly 5.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EMXC unmatched 94.6% Shared 5.0% EWZ unmatched 92.3%

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.

In EMXC only
570 positions
Shared
46 positions
In EWZ only
0 positions

Side by side

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

iShares · International Emerging

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$25.44B
TTM yield
2.19%
Top-10 conc.
42.3%
EWZ

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

iShares · International Emerging

60 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.59%
Net assets
$9.62B
TTM yield
4.55%
Top-10 conc.
57.2%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
41
76
Tax efficiency
71
100
Liquidity
99
54
Concentration
33
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Tracking quality
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EMXC sub-score EWZ

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

Cost difference

EMXC is 34 bps cheaper than EWZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/yr more in fees for EWZ.

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 EMXC vs EWZ.

Top shared holdings

46 shared in total
# Holding In EMXC In EWZ Overlap
1 VALE S.A. 0.54% 10.12% 0.54%
2 Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.54% 9.45% 0.54%
3 Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.42% 7.66% 0.42%
4 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.39% 7.01% 0.39%
5 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.36% 6.66% 0.36%
6 Banco Bradesco S.A. 0.19% 3.59% 0.19%
7 B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao 0.17% 3.35% 0.17%
8 ITAUSA S.A. 0.15% 2.38% 0.15%
9 WEG S.A. 0.15% 3.30% 0.15%
10 AXIA Energia S.A. 0.14% 3.21% 0.14%
11 BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. 0.13% 2.60% 0.13%
12 AMBEV S.A. 0.13% 2.81% 0.13%

Only in EMXC

570 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 18.92%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 9.02%
  • SK hynix Inc. 6.83%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.82%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.15%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.10%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.98%
  • HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.87%
  • ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.83%
  • RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.82%

Only in EWZ

0 total

Every EWZ position is also held by EMXC.

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.