ETF comparison
EEM vs KSA
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
Holdings overlap
33 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and KSA would leave roughly 2.4% 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
EEM is 3 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for KSA.
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 KSA.
Top shared holdings
33 shared in total| # | Holding | In EEM | In KSA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 0.41% | 13.87% | 0.41% |
| 2 | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 0.35% | 11.44% | 0.35% |
| 3 | The Saudi National Bank SJSC | 0.25% | 8.15% | 0.25% |
| 4 | Saudi Telecom Company SJSC | 0.19% | 5.35% | 0.19% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC | 0.16% | 4.60% | 0.16% |
| 6 | Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC | 0.11% | 3.29% | 0.11% |
| 7 | ACWA POWER Company SJSC | 0.09% | 2.67% | 0.09% |
| 8 | Riyad Bank SJSC | 0.08% | 3.12% | 0.08% |
| 9 | ALINMA BANK SJSC | 0.08% | 2.78% | 0.08% |
| 10 | Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC | 0.07% | 2.69% | 0.07% |
| 11 | SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC | 0.07% | 1.90% | 0.07% |
| 12 | Etihad Etisalat Company SJSC | 0.05% | 1.89% | 0.05% |
Only in EEM
1,189 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 KSA
84 total- Electrical Industries Company JSC 0.68%
- Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company SJSC 0.59%
- Rasan Information Technology Company SCJSC 0.47%
- Aldrees Petroleum and Transport Services Company SJSC 0.45%
- Sahara International Petrochemical Company SJSC 0.43%
- Astra Industrial Group Company SJSC 0.42%
- Taiba Investment Company SJSC 0.40%
- Saudi Industrial Investment Group Company SJSC 0.40%
- Mobile Telecommunications Company Saudi Arabia SJSC 0.39%
- AL RAJHI COMPANY FOR COOPERATIVE INSURANCE SJSC 0.37%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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