ETF comparison
EMXC vs VWO
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
488 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMXC and VWO would leave roughly 57.1% 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
VWO is 19 bps cheaper than EMXC. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
488 shared in total| # | Holding | In EMXC | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 18.92% | 15.56% | 15.56% |
| 2 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.82% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 3 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.15% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 4 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.98% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 5 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.82% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 6 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.87% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 7 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.83% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 8 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.54% | 0.55% | 0.54% |
| 9 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.63% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 10 | VALE S.A. | 0.54% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 11 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 0.53% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 12 | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 0.42% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
Only in EMXC
128 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 9.02%
- SK hynix Inc. 6.83%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.10%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.70%
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.60%
- Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.54%
- KB Financial Group Inc. 0.45%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.40%
- Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. 0.34%
- Hana Financial Group Inc. 0.28%
Only in VWO
4,492 total- Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
- Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.66%
- PDD Holdings Inc 0.59%
- Meituan 0.56%
- Xiaomi Corp 0.55%
- NetEase Inc 0.42%
- Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd 0.42%
- Bank of China Ltd 0.41%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with EMXC
- EMXC vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 50.9%
- EMXC vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 42.1%
- EMXC vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 34.4%
- EMXC vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 34.0%
- EMXC vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 33.9%
- EMXC vs EWY · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF 25.0%
More comparisons with VWO
- VWO vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 46.4%
- VWO vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 46.4%
- VWO vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 45.1%
- VWO vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 43.2%
- VWO vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 28.0%
- VWO vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 26.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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