ETF comparison
EEM vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
1,148 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and IEMG would leave roughly 87.1% 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
IEMG is 63 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $630/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 IEMG.
Top shared holdings
1,148 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 14.26% | 12.49% | 12.49% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.76% | 6.80% | 6.80% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 6.64% | 5.82% | 5.82% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.71% | 2.37% | 2.37% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.08% | 1.82% | 1.82% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.62% | 1.42% | 1.42% |
| 7 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.17% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 8 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.90% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 9 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.85% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 10 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.81% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.70% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 12 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.66% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
Only in EEM
74 total- Shenzhen Techwinsemi Technology Co Ltd 0.01%
- Biwin Storage Technology Co Ltd 0.01%
- Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology Co Ltd 0.01%
- Hangzhou Changchuan Technology Co Ltd 0.01%
- Sinoma Science & Technology Co., Ltd 0.01%
- Sharetronic Data Technology Co Ltd 0.01%
- Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. 0.01%
- RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co Ltd 0.01%
- GUANGDONG HEC TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO., LTD 0.01%
- Shenzhen Sunway Communication Co., Ltd. 0.01%
Only in IEMG
1,519 total- MPI CORPORATION 0.11%
- Winbond Electronics Corporation 0.11%
- Phison Electronics Corporation 0.09%
- NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0.09%
- TAIWAN UNION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0.09%
- LG INNOTEK CO.,LTD 0.09%
- MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0.06%
- COMPEQ MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 0.06%
- Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation 0.06%
- POWERTECH TECHNOLOGY INC. 0.06%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with EEM
- EEM vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 79.7%
- EEM vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 79.2%
- 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%
More comparisons with IEMG
- IEMG vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 77.1%
- IEMG vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 71.7%
- IEMG vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 70.2%
- IEMG vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 69.4%
- IEMG vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 69.0%
- IEMG vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 61.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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