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ETF comparison

EEM vs SCHE

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
73.7 %

1,079 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and SCHE would leave roughly 73.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EEM unmatched 25.9% Shared 73.7% SCHE unmatched 25.9%

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.

In EEM only
143 positions
Shared
1,079 positions
In SCHE only
1,096 positions

Side by side

EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

60 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.72%
Net assets
$31.07B
TTM yield
1.80%
Top-10 conc.
38.8%
SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Schwab · International Emerging

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$12.78B
TTM yield
2.72%
Top-10 conc.
30.3%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
94
77
Tax efficiency
75
100
Liquidity
100
59
Concentration
71
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Tracking quality
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EEM sub-score SCHE

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SCHE is 66 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $660/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 SCHE.

Top shared holdings

1,079 shared in total
# Holding In EEM In SCHE Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 14.26% 17.06% 14.26%
2 Tencent Holdings Limited 2.71% 3.15% 2.71%
3 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.08% 2.57% 2.08%
4 MediaTek Inc. 1.62% 1.88% 1.62%
5 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.17% 1.40% 1.17%
6 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.90% 1.04% 0.90%
7 CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.81% 0.88% 0.81%
8 HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.70% 0.83% 0.70%
9 RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.66% 0.88% 0.66%
10 ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.55% 0.65% 0.55%
11 ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.50% 0.59% 0.50%
12 XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.48% 0.57% 0.48%

Only in EEM

143 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.76%
  • SK hynix Inc. 6.64%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.85%
  • SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.62%
  • SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.60%
  • HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.50%
  • Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.35%
  • KB Financial Group Inc. 0.28%
  • DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. 0.25%
  • HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD 0.23%

Only in SCHE

1,096 total
  • Winbond Electronics Corp 0.15%
  • MPI Corp 0.15%
  • Phison Electronics Corp 0.13%
  • Nanya Technology Corp 0.12%
  • Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp 0.09%
  • H World Group Ltd 0.08%
  • Powertech Technology Inc 0.08%
  • WT Microelectronics Co Ltd 0.07%
  • Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd 0.07%
  • Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE 0.07%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.