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KSA vs VWO

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF · Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.2 %

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

KSA only 96.5% Shared 3.2% VWO only 92.0%
In KSA only
24 positions
Shared
100 positions
In VWO only
4,890 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%
VWO

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

Vanguard · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$163.32B
TTM yield
2.33%
Top-10 conc.
29.5%

Sub-score comparison

25
Cost
94
75
Tax efficiency
76
48
Liquidity
100
31
Concentration
72
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Tracking quality
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KSA sub-score VWO

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

Cost difference

VWO 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 VWO.

Top shared holdings

100 shared in total
# Holding In KSA In VWO Overlap
1 AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 14.42% 0.47% 0.47%
2 Saudi Arabian Oil Company 10.76% 0.38% 0.38%
3 The Saudi National Bank SJSC 8.80% 0.26% 0.26%
4 Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC 6.08% 0.20% 0.20%
5 Saudi Telecom Company SJSC 4.29% 0.19% 0.19%
6 Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC 3.27% 0.13% 0.13%
7 Riyad Bank SJSC 3.30% 0.09% 0.09%
8 ACWA POWER Company SJSC 2.06% 0.09% 0.09%
9 ALINMA BANK SJSC 2.77% 0.08% 0.08%
10 SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC 1.77% 0.08% 0.08%
11 Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC 2.79% 0.08% 0.08%
12 Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group Company SJSC 1.64% 0.06% 0.06%

Only in KSA

24 total
  • Jadwa REIT Saudi Fund 0.20%
  • Al-Babtain Power and Telecommunication Company SJSC 0.19%
  • Al Majed for Oud Company SJSC 0.17%
  • Maharah for Human Resources Company SJSC 0.15%
  • Riyadh Cement Company SJSC 0.15%
  • Specialized Medical Company SCJSC 0.14%
  • Derayah Financial CJSC 0.13%
  • Knowledge Economic City Company SJSC 0.12%
  • Sustained Infrastructure Holding Company SJSC 0.12%
  • Ataa Educational Company SJSC 0.12%

Only in VWO

4,890 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 14.61%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.26%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.55%
  • Delta Electronics Inc 1.17%
  • MediaTek Inc 1.06%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.90%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.85%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd 0.80%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.74%
  • PDD Holdings Inc 0.66%

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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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