ETF comparison
IEMG vs VSGX
International Emerging vs International Total.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
2,023 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and VSGX would leave roughly 34.2% 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 1 bps cheaper than VSGX. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VSGX.
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 VSGX.
Top shared holdings
2,023 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In VSGX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 13.17% | 5.43% | 5.43% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.28% | 2.59% | 2.59% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.76% | 2.00% | 2.00% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.70% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 5 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.27% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.80% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 7 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.77% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 8 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.73% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 9 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.68% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 10 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.60% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 11 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.56% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 12 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.45% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
Only in IEMG
878 total- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.52%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.57%
- VALE S.A. 0.38%
- Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.38%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.30%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.29%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.27%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.25%
- MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED 0.22%
- LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED 0.20%
Only in VSGX
4,577 total- ASML Holding NV 1.95%
- Roche Holding AG 0.91%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.86%
- Novartis AG 0.84%
- Nestle SA 0.75%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.74%
- Siemens AG 0.73%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.72%
- SAP SE 0.68%
- Banco Santander SA 0.65%
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- 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%
- IEMG vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 23.9%
More comparisons with VSGX
- VSGX vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 28.0%
- VSGX vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 27.6%
- VSGX vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 20.6%
- VSGX vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 72.2%
- VSGX vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 71.9%
- VSGX vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 71.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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