ETF comparison
FNDE vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
325 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FNDE and IEMG would leave roughly 38.8% 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 30 bps cheaper than FNDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for FNDE.
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 FNDE vs IEMG.
Top shared holdings
325 shared in total| # | Holding | In FNDE | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 5.86% | 13.17% | 5.86% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 1.84% | 2.52% | 1.84% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 2.78% | 1.70% | 1.70% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc | 1.45% | 1.27% | 1.27% |
| 5 | China Construction Bank Corp | 2.60% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 6 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 2.71% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 7 | Reliance Industries Ltd | 0.86% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 8 | ICICI Bank Ltd | 0.57% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 9 | HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.50% | 0.60% | 0.50% |
| 10 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd | 1.58% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 11 | ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd | 0.92% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 12 | Delta Electronics Inc | 0.39% | 0.80% | 0.39% |
Only in FNDE
22 total- JD.com Inc 1.51%
- BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd 0.28%
- Ecopetrol SA 0.26%
- JBS NV 0.23%
- Bangkok Bank PCL 0.22%
- KE Holdings Inc 0.15%
- Steel Authority of India Ltd 0.12%
- China Everbright Bank Co Ltd 0.12%
- China Vanke Co Ltd 0.09%
- Metlen Energy & Metals PLC 0.07%
Only in IEMG
2,576 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.28%
- SK hynix Inc. 4.76%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.77%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.49%
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.42%
- ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.40%
- Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.38%
- ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. 0.35%
- KB Financial Group Inc. 0.31%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.28%
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- FNDE vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 33.9%
- FNDE vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 33.6%
- FNDE vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 27.0%
More comparisons with IEMG
- 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%
- IEMG vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 30.6%
- IEMG vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 30.0%
- IEMG vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 27.2%
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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