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EWZ vs KSA

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWZ and KSA would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWZ unmatched 97.3% Shared 0.0% KSA unmatched 99.5%

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 EWZ only
46 positions
Shared
0 positions
In KSA only
117 positions

Side by side

EWZ

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

iShares · International Emerging

60 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.59%
Net assets
$9.62B
TTM yield
4.55%
Top-10 conc.
57.2%
KSA

iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

iShares · International Emerging

41 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.75%
Net assets
$557.0M
TTM yield
2.90%
Top-10 conc.
58.4%

Sub-score comparison

41
Cost
25
71
Tax efficiency
75
99
Liquidity
45
33
Concentration
31
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Tracking quality
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EWZ sub-score KSA

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

Cost difference

EWZ is 16 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for KSA.

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 KSA.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EWZ

46 total
  • VALE S.A. 10.12%
  • Nu Holdings Ltd. 9.45%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 7.66%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 7.01%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 6.66%
  • Banco Bradesco S.A. 3.59%
  • B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao 3.35%
  • WEG S.A. 3.30%
  • AXIA Energia S.A. 3.21%
  • AMBEV S.A. 2.81%

Only in KSA

117 total
  • AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 13.98%
  • Saudi Arabian Oil Company 10.83%
  • The Saudi National Bank SJSC 8.77%
  • Saudi Telecom Company SJSC 5.43%
  • Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC 4.84%
  • Riyad Bank SJSC 3.21%
  • ALINMA BANK SJSC 2.96%
  • Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC 2.89%
  • ACWA POWER Company SJSC 2.76%
  • Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC 2.70%

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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.