ETF comparison
EEM vs EMXC
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF
Holdings overlap
642 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and EMXC would leave roughly 79.2% 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
EMXC is 47 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/yr more in fees for EEM.
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 EEM vs EMXC.
Top shared holdings
642 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In EMXC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 14.26% | 17.94% | 14.26% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.76% | 9.75% | 7.76% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 6.64% | 8.35% | 6.64% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.62% | 2.04% | 1.62% |
| 5 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.17% | 1.47% | 1.17% |
| 6 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.90% | 1.13% | 0.90% |
| 7 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.85% | 1.07% | 0.85% |
| 8 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.70% | 0.87% | 0.70% |
| 9 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.66% | 0.83% | 0.66% |
| 10 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.62% | 0.78% | 0.62% |
| 11 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.60% | 0.75% | 0.60% |
| 12 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.55% | 0.68% | 0.55% |
Only in EEM
580 total- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.71%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.08%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.81%
- XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.48%
- PDD Holdings Inc. 0.47%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.43%
- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.40%
- MEITUAN 0.38%
- BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.37%
- BYD COMPANY LIMITED 0.33%
Only in EMXC
0 totalEvery EMXC position is also held by EEM.
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- EEM vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 73.7%
- EEM vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 72.4%
- EEM vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 68.7%
- EEM vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 64.3%
- EEM vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 63.1%
- EEM vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 48.3%
More comparisons with EMXC
- EMXC vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 69.4%
- EMXC vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 66.5%
- EMXC vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 64.1%
- EMXC vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 58.8%
- EMXC vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 57.7%
- EMXC vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 56.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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