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KSA vs SCHE

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.2 %

68 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of KSA and SCHE would leave roughly 3.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

KSA only 96.5% Shared 3.2% SCHE only 97.0%
In KSA only
56 positions
Shared
68 positions
In SCHE only
2,064 positions

Side by side

KSA

iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

iShares · International Emerging

42 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.75%
Net assets
$649.8M
TTM yield
2.79%
Top-10 conc.
58.5%
SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Schwab · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$12.49B
TTM yield
2.62%
Top-10 conc.
28.7%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
94
75
Tax efficiency
75
48
Liquidity
100
31
Concentration
73
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Tracking quality
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KSA sub-score SCHE

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SCHE is 69 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $690/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 KSA vs SCHE.

Top shared holdings

68 shared in total
# Holding In KSA In SCHE Overlap
1 AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 14.42% 0.51% 0.51%
2 Saudi Arabian Oil Company 10.76% 0.38% 0.38%
3 The Saudi National Bank SJSC 8.80% 0.31% 0.31%
4 Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC 6.08% 0.24% 0.24%
5 Saudi Telecom Company SJSC 4.29% 0.20% 0.20%
6 Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC 3.27% 0.12% 0.12%
7 Riyad Bank SJSC 3.30% 0.10% 0.10%
8 ACWA POWER Company SJSC 2.06% 0.10% 0.10%
9 Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC 2.79% 0.09% 0.09%
10 ALINMA BANK SJSC 2.77% 0.09% 0.09%
11 SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC 1.77% 0.07% 0.07%
12 Banque Saudi Fransi SJSC 1.97% 0.07% 0.07%

Only in KSA

56 total
  • Electrical Industries Company JSC 0.66%
  • Rasan Information Technology Company SCJSC 0.41%
  • Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Company SJSC 0.31%
  • Retal Urban Development Company SJSC 0.30%
  • Saudi Chemical Holding Company SJSC 0.27%
  • National Gas and Industrialization Company SJSC 0.26%
  • National Medical Care Company SJSC 0.24%
  • National Agricultural Development Company SJSC 0.24%
  • AL MOAMMAR INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPANY SJSC 0.21%
  • Al Rajhi REIT Fund 0.21%

Only in SCHE

2,064 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 14.94%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.94%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3.14%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd 1.07%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 1.01%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.91%
  • MediaTek Inc 0.88%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.86%
  • Delta Electronics Inc 0.85%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.77%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

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