ETF comparison
IEMG vs VPL
International Emerging vs International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
318 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and VPL would leave roughly 19.8% 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
VPL is 2 bps cheaper than IEMG. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for IEMG.
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 VPL.
Top shared holdings
318 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.28% | 6.61% | 6.28% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.76% | 5.18% | 4.76% |
| 3 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.77% | 0.83% | 0.77% |
| 4 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.49% | 0.51% | 0.49% |
| 5 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.42% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 6 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.31% | 0.33% | 0.31% |
| 7 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.28% | 0.29% | 0.28% |
| 8 | Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 9 | Lenovo Group Limited | 0.20% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 10 | Hana Financial Group Inc. | 0.19% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 11 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 0.19% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 12 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 0.19% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
Only in IEMG
2,583 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%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.73%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.68%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.60%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.57%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.56%
Only in VPL
2,019 total- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 2.00%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.77%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.72%
- Toyota Motor Corp 1.66%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.28%
- Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.21%
- Hitachi Ltd 1.19%
- Advantest Corp 1.18%
- Sony Group Corp 1.14%
- Mizuho Financial Group Inc 1.01%
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- IEMG vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 18.0%
- IEMG vs EWY · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF 17.4%
- IEMG vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 11.5%
- IEMG vs FXI · iShares China Large-Cap ETF 10.9%
- IEMG vs FLIN · Franklin FTSE India ETF 10.7%
More comparisons with VPL
- VPL vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 18.4%
- VPL vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 18.0%
- VPL vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 17.0%
- VPL vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 15.2%
- VPL vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 14.5%
- VPL vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 12.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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