ETF comparison
IEMG vs VXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,600 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and VXUS would leave roughly 30.0% 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
VXUS is 4 bps cheaper than IEMG. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
2,600 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 13.17% | 4.10% | 4.10% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.28% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.76% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.52% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.70% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.27% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.73% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 8 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.77% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 9 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.80% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 10 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.68% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 11 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.57% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.60% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
Only in IEMG
301 total- Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.38%
- CREDICORP LTD. 0.18%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.17%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.14%
- HonPrecision Inc 0.10%
- PTT Public Company Limited 0.08%
- ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED 0.08%
- H World Group Limited 0.07%
- Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited 0.05%
- GULF DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED 0.05%
Only in VXUS
6,136 total- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Nestle SA 0.59%
- Shell PLC 0.58%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.58%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.55%
- Siemens AG 0.55%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IEMG
- IEMG vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 27.2%
- IEMG vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 23.9%
- IEMG vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 20.4%
- IEMG vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 19.8%
- IEMG vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 19.5%
- IEMG vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 18.0%
More comparisons with VXUS
- VXUS vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 28.6%
- VXUS vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 27.8%
- VXUS vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 27.4%
- VXUS vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 27.2%
- VXUS vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 26.8%
- VXUS vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 25.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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