ETF comparison
EMB vs VWOB
Both International Bond.
iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
539 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMB and VWOB would leave roughly 57.1% 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
VWOB is 24 bps cheaper than EMB. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for EMB.
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 EMB vs VWOB.
Top shared holdings
539 shared in total| # | Holding | In EMB | In VWOB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina Republic Government International Bonds | 1.21% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 2 | Argentina Republic Government International Bonds | 0.70% | 0.71% | 0.70% |
| 3 | Argentina Republic Government International Bonds | 0.65% | 0.67% | 0.65% |
| 4 | Argentina Republic Government International Bonds | 0.57% | 0.58% | 0.57% |
| 5 | EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL | 0.50% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 6 | Ecuador Government International Bonds | 0.78% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 7 | Brazil Government International Bonds | 0.37% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 8 | PETROLEOS MEXICANOS | 0.31% | 0.55% | 0.31% |
| 9 | PETROLEOS MEXICANOS | 0.29% | 0.51% | 0.29% |
| 10 | FED REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL | 0.28% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 11 | Uruguay Government International Bonds | 0.51% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 12 | FED REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL | 0.27% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
Only in EMB
75 total- PETRONAS CAPITAL LTD 0.31%
- REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA 0.29%
- CHINA LIFE INSU OVERS/HK 0.28%
- REPUBLIC OF KENYA 0.19%
- REPUBLIC OF LATVIA 0.18%
- Costa Rica Government International Bonds 0.17%
- KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN 0.17%
- REPUBLIC OF SERBIA 0.17%
- Magyar Export-Import Bank Zrt 0.16%
- PETRONAS CAPITAL LTD 0.16%
Only in VWOB
391 total- Eagle Funding Luxco Sarl 0.47%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.38%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.38%
- Provincia de Buenos Aires/Government Bonds 0.34%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.32%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.31%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.29%
- Abu Dhabi Government International Bond 0.28%
- Kuwait International Government Bond 0.28%
- QatarEnergy 0.28%
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- EMB vs PCY · Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF 10.6%
- EMB vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
- EMB vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.9%
- EMB vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.8%
- EMB vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- EMB vs EBND · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with VWOB
- VWOB vs PCY · Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF 8.5%
- VWOB vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 1.0%
- VWOB vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 1.0%
- VWOB vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.9%
- VWOB vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.1%
- VWOB vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
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/.
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