Skip to main content
PlainIndex
Menu

ETF comparison

EEM vs VEA

International Emerging vs International Developed.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
6.6 %

104 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EEM and VEA would leave roughly 6.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EEM unmatched 93.1% Shared 6.6% VEA unmatched 90.9%

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
1,118 positions
Shared
104 positions
In VEA only
3,758 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%
VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$313.54B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.47%
Top-10 conc.
13.1%

Sub-score comparison

28
Cost
97
77
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
59
Concentration
96
—
Tracking quality
—
EEM sub-score VEA

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

Cost difference

VEA is 69 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $690/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 VEA.

Top shared holdings

104 shared in total
# Holding In EEM In VEA Overlap
1 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.76% 1.55% 1.55%
2 SK hynix Inc. 6.64% 1.39% 1.39%
3 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.85% 0.35% 0.35%
4 SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.60% 0.31% 0.31%
5 SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.62% 0.25% 0.25%
6 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.50% 0.14% 0.14%
7 KB Financial Group Inc. 0.28% 0.11% 0.11%
8 SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD 0.21% 0.08% 0.08%
9 DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. 0.25% 0.08% 0.08%
10 SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION 0.19% 0.08% 0.08%
11 POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SPOLKA AKCYJNA 0.19% 0.07% 0.07%
12 Lenovo Group Limited 0.19% 0.07% 0.07%

Only in EEM

1,118 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 14.26%
  • 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%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.81%
  • HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.70%
  • RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.66%
  • ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.55%

Only in VEA

3,758 total
  • ASML Holding NV 2.36%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
  • Novartis AG 0.90%
  • Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.89%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
  • Nestle SA 0.82%
  • Siemens AG 0.73%
  • Shell PLC 0.67%

Related comparisons

More comparisons with EEM

More comparisons with VEA

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open EEM or VEA at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

Open at Fidelity

Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.

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.