ETF comparison
ESGE vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
286 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and IEMG would leave roughly 58.7% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
IEMG is 16 bps cheaper than ESGE. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for ESGE.
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 IEMG.
Top shared holdings
286 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGE | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 15.08% | 13.17% | 13.17% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.25% | 6.28% | 6.28% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.55% | 4.76% | 4.76% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.56% | 2.52% | 2.52% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.71% | 1.70% | 1.70% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.41% | 1.27% | 1.27% |
| 7 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.09% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 8 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.94% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 9 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.19% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 10 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.60% | 0.68% | 0.60% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.80% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 12 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.55% | 0.56% | 0.55% |
Only in ESGE
1 total- MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED 0.11%
Only in IEMG
2,615 total- VALE S.A. 0.38%
- BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.37%
- PDD Holdings Inc. 0.35%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.30%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.29%
- Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.27%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.27%
- NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION 0.26%
- The Saudi National Bank SJSC 0.24%
- OTP Bank Nyrt. 0.22%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with ESGE
- ESGE vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 57.6%
- ESGE vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 50.8%
- ESGE vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 50.0%
- ESGE vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 46.4%
- ESGE vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 44.0%
- ESGE vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 35.1%
More comparisons with IEMG
- IEMG vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 54.1%
- IEMG vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 39.8%
- IEMG vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 38.8%
- IEMG vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 34.2%
- IEMG vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 32.0%
- IEMG vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 31.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open ESGE or IEMG at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.