ETF comparison
EEMvsEWY
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
Holdings overlap
80 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and EWY would leave roughly22.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EWY is 13 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 EWY.
Top shared holdings
80 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In EWY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.76% | 23.88% | 7.76% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 6.64% | 30.85% | 6.64% |
| 3 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.62% | 3.42% | 0.62% |
| 4 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.60% | 3.08% | 0.60% |
| 5 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.50% | 2.43% | 0.50% |
| 6 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.28% | 1.40% | 0.28% |
| 7 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 0.25% | 1.21% | 0.25% |
| 8 | HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD | 0.23% | 1.22% | 0.23% |
| 9 | SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. | 0.21% | 1.14% | 0.21% |
| 10 | SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD | 0.21% | 1.03% | 0.21% |
| 11 | KIA CORPORATION | 0.21% | 1.01% | 0.21% |
| 12 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 0.20% | 1.01% | 0.20% |
Only in EEM
1,142 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited14.26%
- Tencent Holdings Limited2.71%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited2.08%
- MediaTek Inc.1.62%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.17%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.90%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.81%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED0.70%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.66%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED0.55%
Only in EWY
1 total- LOTTE SHOPPING CO.,LTD.0.00%
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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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