ETF comparison
ESGE vs KWEB
Both International Emerging.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF
Holdings overlap
16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and KWEB would leave roughly 6.5% 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 44 bps cheaper than KWEB. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for KWEB.
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 KWEB.
Top shared holdings
16 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGE | In KWEB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.56% | 10.44% | 2.56% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.71% | 7.70% | 1.71% |
| 3 | NETEASE, INC. | 0.48% | 6.97% | 0.48% |
| 4 | MEITUAN | 0.43% | 6.83% | 0.43% |
| 5 | BAIDU, INC. | 0.24% | 4.19% | 0.24% |
| 6 | JD.COM, INC. | 0.23% | 3.87% | 0.23% |
| 7 | Tongcheng Travel Holdings Limited | 0.12% | 1.41% | 0.12% |
| 8 | KANZHUN LIMITED | 0.12% | 3.21% | 0.12% |
| 9 | TAL EDUCATION GROUP | 0.10% | 2.98% | 0.10% |
| 10 | KINGSOFT CORPORATION LIMITED | 0.10% | 2.09% | 0.10% |
| 11 | JD Health International Inc | 0.08% | 3.50% | 0.08% |
| 12 | TRIP.COM GROUP LIMITED | 0.08% | 3.69% | 0.08% |
Only in ESGE
271 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 15.08%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.25%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.55%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.41%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 1.19%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.09%
- Lenovo Group Limited 1.05%
- Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. 1.05%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.94%
- Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.84%
Only in KWEB
18 total- PDD Holdings Inc. 7.92%
- Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 4.63%
- Full Truck Alliance Co Ltd 4.15%
- KE Holdings Inc. 3.89%
- TENCENT MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 3.39%
- China Ruyi Holdings Limited 1.41%
- JOYY INC. 1.28%
- XD INC. 1.05%
- East Buy Holding Ltd 1.02%
- MEITU, INC. 1.00%
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- KWEB vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 6.5%
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- KWEB vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 5.6%
- KWEB vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 3.0%
- KWEB vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 2.3%
- KWEB vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 2.3%
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/.
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