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EMXC vs FRDM

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF · Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMXC and FRDM would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EMXC unmatched 99.7% Shared 0.0% FRDM unmatched 13.2%

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 EMXC only
642 positions
Shared
0 positions
In FRDM only
16 positions

Holdings data for FRDM covers 13.2% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Side by side

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

iShares · International Emerging

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$25.33B
TTM yield
2.10%
Top-10 conc.
44.2%
FRDM

Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF

Life + Liberty (Alpha Architect) · International Emerging

61 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$3.55B
TTM yield
1.85%
Top-10 conc.
56.6%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
51
76
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
80
51
Concentration
33
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Tracking quality
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EMXC sub-score FRDM

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

Cost difference

EMXC is 24 bps cheaper than FRDM. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for FRDM.

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 FRDM.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EMXC

642 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 17.94%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 9.75%
  • SK hynix Inc. 8.35%
  • MediaTek Inc. 2.04%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.47%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1.13%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.07%
  • HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.87%
  • RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.83%
  • SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.78%

Only in FRDM

16 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.52%
  • United Microelectronics Corp 1.43%
  • Gold Fields Ltd 0.52%
  • Banco Bradesco SA 0.51%
  • First American Government Obligations Fund 0.43%
  • Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 0.42%
  • Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV 0.38%
  • Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA 0.19%
  • Cia Sud Americana de Vapores SA 0.19%
  • ARCA CONTINENTAL SAB DE CV 0.14%

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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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