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ETF comparison

ESGE vs IXUS

International Emerging vs International Total.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
19.2 %

283 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and IXUS would leave roughly 19.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ESGE unmatched 80.3% Shared 19.2% IXUS unmatched 80.4%

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 ESGE only
4 positions
Shared
283 positions
In IXUS only
4,206 positions

Side by side

ESGE

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

iShares · International Emerging

77 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$6.25B
TTM yield
2.31%
Top-10 conc.
37.9%
IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

iShares · International Total

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$56.84B
TTM yield
3.03%
Top-10 conc.
13.6%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
93
76
Tax efficiency
77
91
Liquidity
100
60
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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ESGE sub-score IXUS

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

Cost difference

IXUS is 18 bps cheaper than ESGE. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/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 IXUS.

Top shared holdings

283 shared in total
# Holding In ESGE In IXUS Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 15.08% 4.29% 4.29%
2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.25% 1.92% 1.92%
3 SK hynix Inc. 5.55% 1.48% 1.48%
4 Tencent Holdings Limited 2.56% 0.88% 0.88%
5 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.71% 0.60% 0.60%
6 MediaTek Inc. 1.41% 0.36% 0.36%
7 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.94% 0.24% 0.24%
8 CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 1.19% 0.23% 0.23%
9 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.09% 0.23% 0.23%
10 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.60% 0.22% 0.22%
11 HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.80% 0.21% 0.21%
12 RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.44% 0.20% 0.20%

Only in ESGE

4 total
  • MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED 0.11%
  • The People's Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited 0.10%
  • ORIENT SECURITIES COMPANY LIMITED 0.10%
  • Shanghai Putailai New Energy Technology Group Co.,Ltd. 0.07%

Only in IXUS

4,206 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.72%
  • ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
  • Novartis AG 0.68%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
  • Nestle S.A. 0.60%
  • SHELL PLC 0.60%
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.57%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.56%

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.