ETF comparison
EMXC vs KSA
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
Holdings overlap
33 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMXC and KSA would leave roughly 3.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EMXC is 50 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $500/yr more in fees for KSA.
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 KSA.
Top shared holdings
33 shared in total| # | Holding | In EMXC | In KSA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 0.59% | 14.42% | 0.59% |
| 2 | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 0.45% | 10.76% | 0.45% |
| 3 | The Saudi National Bank SJSC | 0.37% | 8.80% | 0.37% |
| 4 | Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC | 0.29% | 6.08% | 0.29% |
| 5 | Saudi Telecom Company SJSC | 0.25% | 4.29% | 0.25% |
| 6 | Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC | 0.15% | 3.27% | 0.15% |
| 7 | Riyad Bank SJSC | 0.12% | 3.30% | 0.12% |
| 8 | Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC | 0.10% | 2.79% | 0.10% |
| 9 | ALINMA BANK SJSC | 0.10% | 2.77% | 0.10% |
| 10 | SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC | 0.09% | 1.77% | 0.09% |
| 11 | ACWA POWER Company SJSC | 0.08% | 2.06% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Etihad Etisalat Company SJSC | 0.07% | 1.96% | 0.07% |
Only in EMXC
612 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 17.23%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.96%
- SK hynix Inc. 4.54%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 1.25%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1.08%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.05%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1.05%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.98%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.92%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.85%
Only in KSA
91 total- Electrical Industries Company JSC 0.66%
- Aldrees Petroleum and Transport Services Company SJSC 0.47%
- Mobile Telecommunications Company Saudi Arabia SJSC 0.42%
- Astra Industrial Group Company SJSC 0.42%
- Sahara International Petrochemical Company SJSC 0.42%
- Rasan Information Technology Company SCJSC 0.41%
- Taiba Investment Company SJSC 0.37%
- Saudi Industrial Investment Group SJSC 0.37%
- Arabian Centres Company SJSC 0.33%
- Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Company SJSC 0.31%
Open EMXC or KSA at a brokerage
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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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