ETF comparison
IEMG vs KSA
Both International Emerging.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
Holdings overlap
104 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and KSA would leave roughly 2.6% 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 66 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $660/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 IEMG vs KSA.
Top shared holdings
104 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In KSA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 0.37% | 13.98% | 0.37% |
| 2 | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 0.30% | 10.83% | 0.30% |
| 3 | The Saudi National Bank SJSC | 0.24% | 8.77% | 0.24% |
| 4 | Saudi Telecom Company SJSC | 0.17% | 5.43% | 0.17% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC | 0.15% | 4.84% | 0.15% |
| 6 | Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC | 0.08% | 2.89% | 0.08% |
| 7 | ACWA POWER Company SJSC | 0.08% | 2.76% | 0.08% |
| 8 | Riyad Bank SJSC | 0.08% | 3.21% | 0.08% |
| 9 | ALINMA BANK SJSC | 0.07% | 2.96% | 0.07% |
| 10 | Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC | 0.06% | 2.70% | 0.06% |
| 11 | SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC | 0.06% | 1.81% | 0.06% |
| 12 | Banque Saudi Fransi SJSC | 0.05% | 2.10% | 0.05% |
Only in IEMG
2,797 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%
Only in KSA
13 total- Knowledge Economic City Company SJSC 0.19%
- Riyadh Cement Company SJSC 0.14%
- Almoosa Health Company SJSC 0.13%
- Jadwa REIT Saudi Fund 0.13%
- Specialized Medical Company 0.13%
- Derayah Financial Company SJSC 0.12%
- Bawan Company SJSC 0.12%
- Al-Saif Stores Development and Investment Company SJSC 0.10%
- Modern Mills Company SJSC 0.10%
- Advanced Building Industries Co. SJSC 0.09%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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