ETF comparison
EEM vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
1,159 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and IEMG would leave roughly 86.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
1,159 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 13.14% | 11.41% | 11.41% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.07% | 5.29% | 5.29% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.61% | 3.14% | 3.14% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc. | 3.45% | 3.01% | 3.01% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.66% | 2.32% | 2.32% |
| 6 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.93% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.84% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 8 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.82% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 9 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.80% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 10 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.80% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 11 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.75% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 12 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.70% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
Only in EEM
48 total- VeriSilicon Microelectronics Shanghai Co Ltd 0.01%
- Shenzhen Envicool Technology Co Ltd 0.01%
- GUANGDONG HEC TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO., LTD 0.01%
- Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. 0.01%
- INNER MONGOLIA XINGYE SILVER&TIN MINING CO.,LTD 0.01%
- Sharetronic Data Technology Co Ltd 0.01%
- Hangzhou Changchuan Technology Co Ltd 0.01%
- CHINA XD ELECTRIC CO., LTD 0.01%
- Sinoma Science & Technology Co., Ltd 0.01%
- Himile Mechanical Science and Technology Shandong Co Ltd 0.01%
Only in IEMG
1,514 total- Winbond Electronics Corporation 0.09%
- NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0.08%
- Phison Electronics Corp. 0.07%
- SAM CHUN DANG PHARM CO. LTD 0.06%
- MPI CORPORATION 0.06%
- Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation 0.06%
- COMPEQ MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0.05%
- THE FEDERAL BANK LTD 0.05%
- MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0.05%
- United Integrated Services Co Ltd 0.05%
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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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