ETF comparison
EEMvsIEMG
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 roughly87.1%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 thecost 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 Ltd0.01%
- Biwin Storage Technology Co Ltd0.01%
- Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology Co Ltd0.01%
- Hangzhou Changchuan Technology Co Ltd0.01%
- Sinoma Science & Technology Co., Ltd0.01%
- Sharetronic Data Technology Co Ltd0.01%
- Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd.0.01%
- RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co Ltd0.01%
- GUANGDONG HEC TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO., LTD0.01%
- Shenzhen Sunway Communication Co., Ltd.0.01%
Only in IEMG
1,519 total- MPI CORPORATION0.11%
- Winbond Electronics Corporation0.11%
- Phison Electronics Corporation0.09%
- NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION0.09%
- TAIWAN UNION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION0.09%
- LG INNOTEK CO.,LTD0.09%
- MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.0.06%
- COMPEQ MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED0.06%
- Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation0.06%
- POWERTECH TECHNOLOGY INC.0.06%
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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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