ETF comparison

EMBvsPCY

Both International Bond.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF · Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
10.4%

61 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMB and PCY would leave roughly10.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EMB only 86.5%Shared 10.4%PCY only 88.2%
In EMB only
613 positions
Shared
61 positions
In PCY only
40 positions

Side by side

EMB

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

iShares · International Bond

74composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.39%
Net assets
$14.92B
TTM yield
5.23%
Top-10 conc.
6.1%
PCY

Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF

Invesco · International Bond

58composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$1.31B
TTM yield
6.05%
Top-10 conc.
19.1%

Sub-score comparison

61
Cost
50
50
Tax efficiency
48
100
Liquidity
62
100
Concentration
87
Tracking quality
EMBsub-scorePCY

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

EMB is 11 bps cheaper than PCY. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/yr more in fees for PCY.

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 EMB vs PCY.

Top shared holdings

61 shared in total
#HoldingIn EMBIn PCYOverlap
1Oman Government International Bonds0.42%0.97%0.42%
2Republic of South Africa Government International Bonds0.33%0.92%0.33%
3Republic of Poland Government International Bonds0.32%1.46%0.32%
4Panama Government International Bonds0.31%0.99%0.31%
5Oman Government International Bonds0.30%0.95%0.30%
6FED REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL0.28%0.98%0.28%
7Hungary Government International Bonds0.27%0.95%0.27%
8Egypt Government International Bonds0.26%0.91%0.26%
9Angola Government International Bonds0.24%1.00%0.24%
10Dominican Republic International Bonds0.24%0.95%0.24%
11Angola Government International Bonds0.24%1.04%0.24%
12REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN0.23%0.98%0.23%

Only in EMB

613 total
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds1.10%
  • Ecuador Government International Bonds0.77%
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds0.71%
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds0.63%
  • Ghana Government International Bonds0.52%
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds0.52%
  • Uruguay Government International Bonds0.51%
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL0.50%
  • Republic of Poland Government International Bonds0.39%
  • UKRAINE GOVERNMENT0.37%

Only in PCY

40 total
  • Mongolia Government International Bond1.47%
  • Kuwait International Government Bond1.44%
  • Kuwait International Government Bond1.42%
  • Mongolia Government International Bond1.42%
  • Pakistan Government International Bond1.33%
  • Nigeria Government International Bond1.00%
  • Guatemala Government Bond0.99%
  • Guatemala Government Bond0.98%
  • Colombia Government International Bond0.98%
  • El Salvador Government International Bond0.98%

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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.