ETF comparison
EMXC vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
645 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMXC and IEMG would leave roughly 66.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 16 bps cheaper than EMXC. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for EMXC.
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 IEMG.
Top shared holdings
645 shared in total| # | Holding | In EMXC | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 17.23% | 11.41% | 11.41% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.96% | 5.29% | 5.29% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.54% | 3.01% | 3.01% |
| 4 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 1.25% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 5 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 1.08% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 6 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 1.05% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 7 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.05% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 8 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.98% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 9 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.92% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 10 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.85% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 11 | ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC | 0.72% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 12 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.70% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
Only in EMXC
0 totalEvery EMXC position is also held by IEMG.
Only in IEMG
2,028 total- Tencent Holdings Limited 3.14%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.32%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.73%
- XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.57%
- PDD Holdings Inc. 0.55%
- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.43%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.40%
- MEITUAN 0.38%
- BYD COMPANY LIMITED 0.33%
- BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.31%
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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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