ETF comparison
EMXC vs KSA
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
Holdings overlap
33 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMXC and KSA would leave roughly 3.1% 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
EMXC is 50 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $500/yr more in fees for KSA.
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 KSA.
Top shared holdings
33 shared in total| # | Holding | In EMXC | In KSA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 0.53% | 13.98% | 0.53% |
| 2 | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 0.42% | 10.83% | 0.42% |
| 3 | The Saudi National Bank SJSC | 0.34% | 8.77% | 0.34% |
| 4 | Saudi Telecom Company SJSC | 0.24% | 5.43% | 0.24% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC | 0.22% | 4.84% | 0.22% |
| 6 | Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC | 0.12% | 2.89% | 0.12% |
| 7 | ACWA POWER Company SJSC | 0.11% | 2.76% | 0.11% |
| 8 | Riyad Bank SJSC | 0.11% | 3.21% | 0.11% |
| 9 | ALINMA BANK SJSC | 0.10% | 2.96% | 0.10% |
| 10 | Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC | 0.09% | 2.70% | 0.09% |
| 11 | SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC | 0.08% | 1.81% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Banque Saudi Fransi SJSC | 0.07% | 2.10% | 0.07% |
Only in EMXC
583 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 KSA
84 total- Electrical Industries Company JSC 0.68%
- Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company SJSC 0.61%
- Aldrees Petroleum and Transport Services Company SJSC 0.46%
- Astra Industrial Group Company SJSC 0.43%
- Rasan Information Technology Company SCJSC 0.42%
- AL RAJHI COMPANY FOR COOPERATIVE INSURANCE SJSC 0.39%
- AL MOAMMAR INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPANY SJSC 0.39%
- Taiba Investment Company SJSC 0.39%
- Sahara International Petrochemical Company SJSC 0.39%
- Mobile Telecommunications Company Saudi Arabia SJSC 0.37%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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