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ETF comparison

EMXC vs IEMG

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
69.4 %

642 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMXC and IEMG would leave roughly 69.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EMXC unmatched 30.3% Shared 69.4% IEMG unmatched 30.1%

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
0 positions
Shared
642 positions
In IEMG only
2,025 positions

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%
IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$160.08B
TTM yield
2.37%
Top-10 conc.
34.0%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
91
76
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
51
Concentration
66
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Tracking quality
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EMXC sub-score IEMG

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

Cost difference

IEMG is 16 bps cheaper than EMXC. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for EMXC.

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 IEMG.

Top shared holdings

642 shared in total
# Holding In EMXC In IEMG Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 17.94% 12.49% 12.49%
2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 9.75% 6.80% 6.80%
3 SK hynix Inc. 8.35% 5.82% 5.82%
4 MediaTek Inc. 2.04% 1.42% 1.42%
5 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.47% 1.02% 1.02%
6 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1.13% 0.79% 0.79%
7 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.07% 0.74% 0.74%
8 HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.87% 0.61% 0.61%
9 RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.83% 0.58% 0.58%
10 SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.78% 0.54% 0.54%
11 SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.75% 0.53% 0.53%
12 ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.68% 0.48% 0.48%

Only in EMXC

0 total

Every EMXC position is also held by IEMG.

Only in IEMG

2,025 total
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%
  • XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.42%
  • PDD Holdings Inc. 0.41%
  • INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.38%
  • Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.35%
  • MEITUAN 0.33%
  • BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.32%
  • BYD COMPANY LIMITED 0.29%

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/.

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.