ETF comparison
EEM vs ILF
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares Latin America 40 ETF
Holdings overlap
27 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and ILF would leave roughly 2.9% 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
ILF is 25 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 ILF.
Top shared holdings
27 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In ILF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nu Holdings Ltd. | 0.35% | 8.17% | 0.35% |
| 2 | Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.30% | 5.62% | 0.30% |
| 3 | Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.21% | 4.07% | 0.21% |
| 4 | CREDICORP LTD. | 0.18% | 4.22% | 0.18% |
| 5 | America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.18% | 3.72% | 0.18% |
| 6 | Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.16% | 3.40% | 0.16% |
| 7 | Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.16% | 2.90% | 0.16% |
| 8 | SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION | 0.14% | 2.32% | 0.14% |
| 9 | B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | 0.13% | 2.26% | 0.13% |
| 10 | Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.12% | 2.26% | 0.12% |
| 11 | ITAUSA S.A. | 0.12% | 2.40% | 0.12% |
| 12 | WEG S.A. | 0.11% | 2.13% | 0.11% |
Only in EEM
1,195 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 ILF
14 total- VALE S.A. 8.40%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 7.04%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 5.15%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 4.79%
- Banco Bradesco S.A. 2.92%
- AMBEV S.A. 2.13%
- Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. 1.68%
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, S.A.B. de C.V. 1.65%
- MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. 1.41%
- Grupo Cibest S.A. 1.39%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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