ETF comparison
IEMG vs PXF
International Emerging vs International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF
Holdings overlap
72 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and PXF would leave roughly 8.2% 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 34 bps cheaper than PXF. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/yr more in fees for PXF.
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 PXF.
Top shared holdings
72 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In PXF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.28% | 4.14% | 4.14% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.76% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 3 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.28% | 0.35% | 0.28% |
| 4 | ORLEN SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.17% | 0.18% | 0.17% |
| 5 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.31% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 6 | Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. | 0.24% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 7 | KIA CORPORATION | 0.16% | 0.18% | 0.16% |
| 8 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.42% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 9 | HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD | 0.14% | 0.15% | 0.14% |
| 10 | POSCO Holdings Inc. | 0.12% | 0.22% | 0.12% |
| 11 | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 0.12% | 0.18% | 0.12% |
| 12 | Hana Financial Group Inc. | 0.19% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
Only in IEMG
2,829 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.17%
- 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%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.60%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.57%
Only in PXF
947 total- Shell PLC 2.10%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.47%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.37%
- Roche Holding AG 1.08%
- BHP Group Ltd. 0.98%
- Toyota Motor Corp. 0.94%
- BP PLC 0.92%
- Glencore PLC 0.83%
- Novartis AG 0.74%
- Banco Santander S.A. 0.72%
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- IEMG vs EWZ · iShares MSCI Brazil ETF 3.5%
- IEMG vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 2.7%
More comparisons with PXF
- PXF vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 7.6%
- PXF vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 7.3%
- PXF vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 6.5%
- PXF vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 6.5%
- PXF vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 5.4%
- PXF vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 4.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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