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ETF comparison

EMXC vs VWO

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
56.6 %

507 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMXC and VWO would leave roughly 56.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EMXC unmatched 43.1% Shared 56.6% VWO unmatched 38.8%

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
135 positions
Shared
507 positions
In VWO only
4,473 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%
VWO

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$164.66B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.14%
Top-10 conc.
27.4%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
94
76
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
51
Concentration
75
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Tracking quality
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EMXC sub-score VWO

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

Cost difference

VWO is 19 bps cheaper than EMXC. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 VWO.

Top shared holdings

507 shared in total
# Holding In EMXC In VWO Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 17.94% 15.56% 15.56%
2 MediaTek Inc. 2.04% 1.36% 1.36%
3 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.47% 0.82% 0.82%
4 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1.13% 0.81% 0.81%
5 RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.83% 0.80% 0.80%
6 HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.87% 0.78% 0.78%
7 ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.68% 0.69% 0.68%
8 ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.62% 0.49% 0.49%
9 BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.49% 0.55% 0.49%
10 VALE S.A. 0.58% 0.46% 0.46%
11 AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 0.52% 0.43% 0.43%
12 Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.44% 0.36% 0.36%

Only in EMXC

135 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 9.75%
  • SK hynix Inc. 8.35%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.07%
  • SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.78%
  • SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.75%
  • HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.63%
  • Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.44%
  • KB Financial Group Inc. 0.36%
  • Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.33%
  • DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. 0.31%

Only in VWO

4,473 total
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
  • Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.66%
  • PDD Holdings Inc 0.59%
  • Meituan 0.56%
  • Xiaomi Corp 0.55%
  • NetEase Inc 0.42%
  • Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd 0.42%
  • Bank of China Ltd 0.41%

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.