ETF comparison
EEMvsESGE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF
Holdings overlap
287 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and ESGE would leave roughly64.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ESGE 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with EEM vs ESGE.
Top shared holdings
287 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In ESGE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 14.26% | 14.90% | 14.26% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.76% | 8.54% | 7.76% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 6.64% | 4.62% | 4.62% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.71% | 2.64% | 2.64% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.08% | 1.96% | 1.96% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.62% | 1.50% | 1.50% |
| 7 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.17% | 1.43% | 1.17% |
| 8 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.85% | 1.23% | 0.85% |
| 9 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.81% | 1.21% | 0.81% |
| 10 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.70% | 0.86% | 0.70% |
| 11 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.66% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 12 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.90% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
Only in EEM
935 total- VALE S.A.0.46%
- ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.0.39%
- BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED0.39%
- BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.37%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company0.35%
- UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP.0.35%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.0.30%
- YAGEO CORPORATION0.30%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.30%
- The Saudi National Bank SJSC0.25%
Only in ESGE
1 total- MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED0.12%
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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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