ETF comparison
EMXC vs ESGE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF
Holdings overlap
204 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMXC and ESGE would leave roughly 54.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.25% vs 0.25%).
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 EMXC vs ESGE.
Top shared holdings
204 shared in total| # | Holding | In EMXC | In ESGE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 17.23% | 13.61% | 13.61% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.96% | 6.28% | 6.28% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.54% | 3.72% | 3.72% |
| 4 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 1.25% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 5 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.98% | 0.92% | 0.92% |
| 6 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.92% | 1.00% | 0.92% |
| 7 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 1.05% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 8 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.05% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 9 | ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC | 0.72% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 10 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 0.59% | 0.88% | 0.59% |
| 11 | Gold Fields Limited | 0.59% | 0.76% | 0.59% |
| 12 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 1.08% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
Only in EMXC
441 total- VALE S.A. 0.70%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.70%
- BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.60%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.45%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.44%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.40%
- KIA CORPORATION 0.38%
- The Saudi National Bank SJSC 0.37%
- LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED 0.36%
- KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE K.S.C.P 0.33%
Only in ESGE
92 total- Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.56%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.51%
- China Construction Bank Corp 1.23%
- Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd 0.77%
- Xiaomi Corp 0.66%
- BlackRock Funds III 0.57%
- Meituan 0.44%
- Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.44%
- NetEase Inc 0.43%
- CMOC Group Ltd 0.39%
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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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