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ETF comparison

EPP vs IEMG

International Developed vs International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and IEMG would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EPP unmatched 99.3% Shared 0.0% IEMG unmatched 99.5%

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 EPP only
93 positions
Shared
0 positions
In IEMG only
2,901 positions

Side by side

EPP

iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF

iShares · International Developed

61 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.47%
Net assets
$2.24B
TTM yield
3.34%
Top-10 conc.
47.1%
IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$145.91B
TTM yield
2.44%
Top-10 conc.
32.7%

Sub-score comparison

53
Cost
91
76
Tax efficiency
76
72
Liquidity
100
47
Concentration
68
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Tracking quality
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EPP sub-score IEMG

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

Cost difference

IEMG is 38 bps cheaper than EPP. On a $100,000 position that's about $380/yr more in fees for EPP.

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 EPP vs IEMG.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EPP

93 total
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 10.07%
  • COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 8.06%
  • DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 5.28%
  • AIA Group Limited 4.29%
  • NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 3.57%
  • WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 3.56%
  • OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 3.41%
  • ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 3.38%
  • MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED 2.77%
  • WESFARMERS LIMITED 2.72%

Only in IEMG

2,901 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.17%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.28%
  • SK hynix Inc. 4.76%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 2.52%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.70%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.27%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.80%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.77%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.73%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.68%

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.