ETF comparison
EWZ vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Brazil ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWZ and IEMG would leave roughly 3.5% 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
IEMG is 50 bps cheaper than EWZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $500/yr more in fees for EWZ.
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 EWZ vs IEMG.
Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWZ | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VALE S.A. | 10.12% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 2 | Nu Holdings Ltd. | 9.45% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 3 | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | 7.66% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 4 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 7.01% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 5 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 6.66% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 6 | Banco Bradesco S.A. | 3.59% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 7 | B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | 3.35% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 8 | ITAUSA S.A. | 2.38% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 9 | WEG S.A. | 3.30% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 10 | AXIA Energia S.A. | 3.21% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 11 | AMBEV S.A. | 2.81% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 12 | BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. | 2.60% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Only in EWZ
0 totalEvery EWZ position is also held by IEMG.
Only in IEMG
2,855 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%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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