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ETF comparison

FXI vs IEMG

Both International Emerging.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
10.9 %

46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FXI and IEMG would leave roughly 10.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FXI unmatched 88.1% Shared 10.9% IEMG unmatched 88.6%

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 FXI only
4 positions
Shared
46 positions
In IEMG only
2,855 positions

Side by side

FXI

iShares China Large-Cap ETF

iShares · International Emerging

51 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.73%
Net assets
$3.77B
TTM yield
1.97%
Top-10 conc.
58.5%
IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$145.91B
TTM yield
2.44%
Top-10 conc.
32.7%

Sub-score comparison

27
Cost
91
77
Tax efficiency
76
82
Liquidity
100
31
Concentration
68
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Tracking quality
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FXI sub-score IEMG

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

Cost difference

IEMG is 64 bps cheaper than FXI. On a $100,000 position that's about $640/yr more in fees for FXI.

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 FXI vs IEMG.

Top shared holdings

46 shared in total
# Holding In FXI In IEMG Overlap
1 Tencent Holdings Limited 8.93% 2.52% 2.52%
2 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 9.36% 1.70% 1.70%
3 CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 8.85% 0.73% 0.73%
4 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 6.16% 0.45% 0.45%
5 XIAOMI CORPORATION 5.09% 0.43% 0.43%
6 BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 3.78% 0.36% 0.36%
7 MEITUAN 5.13% 0.36% 0.36%
8 Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 3.85% 0.34% 0.34%
9 NETEASE, INC. 3.85% 0.30% 0.30%
10 BYD COMPANY LIMITED 3.51% 0.29% 0.29%
11 JD.COM, INC. 3.22% 0.23% 0.23%
12 China Life Insurance Company Limited 2.21% 0.20% 0.20%

Only in FXI

4 total
  • Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co.,Ltd 0.13%
  • CHINA EVERBRIGHT BANK COMPANY LIMITED 0.10%
  • GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc 0.10%
  • S.F. Holding Co., Ltd. 0.08%

Only in IEMG

2,855 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.17%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.28%
  • SK hynix Inc. 4.76%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.27%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.80%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.77%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.68%
  • HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.60%
  • RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.57%
  • ICICI BANK LIMITED 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.