ETF comparison
ESGE vs EWT
Both International Emerging.
Holdings overlap
36 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and EWT would leave roughly 27.6% 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
ESGE is 34 bps cheaper than EWT. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/yr more in fees for EWT.
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 ESGE vs EWT.
Top shared holdings
36 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGE | In EWT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 15.08% | 20.31% | 15.08% |
| 2 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.41% | 6.05% | 1.41% |
| 3 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.09% | 3.97% | 1.09% |
| 4 | Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.84% | 1.35% | 0.84% |
| 5 | Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. | 1.05% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 6 | Yuanta Financial Holding Co., Ltd | 0.71% | 1.15% | 0.71% |
| 7 | United Microelectronics Corporation | 0.66% | 1.94% | 0.66% |
| 8 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.60% | 3.35% | 0.60% |
| 9 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.56% | 2.62% | 0.56% |
| 10 | First Financial Holding Co. Ltd. | 0.50% | 0.68% | 0.50% |
| 11 | KING SLIDE WORKS CO.,LTD | 0.47% | 1.84% | 0.47% |
| 12 | Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. | 0.46% | 1.91% | 0.46% |
Only in ESGE
251 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.25%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.55%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.56%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.71%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 1.19%
- Lenovo Group Limited 1.05%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.94%
- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 0.82%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.80%
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.70%
Only in EWT
42 total- NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION 2.22%
- Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 1.67%
- YAGEO CORPORATION 1.51%
- LARGAN Precision Co Ltd 1.49%
- Global Unichip Corp. 1.25%
- QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 1.23%
- ASUSTEK COMPUTER INCORPORATION 1.10%
- JENTECH PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD 1.10%
- KGI Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.90%
- MEGA FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED 0.82%
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- EWT vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 27.3%
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- EWT vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 23.9%
- EWT vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 22.9%
- EWT vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 22.4%
- EWT vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 22.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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