ETF comparison
EEM vs EWZ
Both International Emerging.
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and EWZ would leave roughly 3.9% 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
EWZ 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with EEM vs EWZ.
Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In EWZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VALE S.A. | 0.46% | 11.50% | 0.46% |
| 2 | Nu Holdings Ltd. | 0.35% | 8.71% | 0.35% |
| 3 | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | 0.34% | 8.48% | 0.34% |
| 4 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 0.30% | 7.28% | 0.30% |
| 5 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 0.27% | 6.70% | 0.27% |
| 6 | Banco Bradesco S.A. | 0.15% | 3.33% | 0.15% |
| 7 | B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | 0.13% | 3.57% | 0.13% |
| 8 | AMBEV S.A. | 0.12% | 3.19% | 0.12% |
| 9 | ITAUSA S.A. | 0.12% | 2.62% | 0.12% |
| 10 | WEG S.A. | 0.11% | 3.05% | 0.11% |
| 11 | Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP | 0.11% | 2.87% | 0.11% |
| 12 | BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. | 0.10% | 2.68% | 0.10% |
Only in EEM
1,176 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 14.26%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.76%
- SK hynix Inc. 6.64%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.71%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.08%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.62%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.17%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.90%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.85%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.81%
Only in EWZ
0 totalEvery EWZ position is also held by EEM.
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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