ETF comparison
EMXC vs VXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
598 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMXC and VXUS would leave roughly 20.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VXUS is 20 bps cheaper than EMXC. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
598 shared in total| # | Holding | In EMXC | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 17.94% | 4.10% | 4.10% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 9.75% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 8.35% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 2.04% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 5 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.07% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.47% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 1.13% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 8 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.83% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 9 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.87% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 10 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.68% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.49% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 12 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.75% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in EMXC
44 total- Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.44%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.33%
- CREDICORP LTD. 0.23%
- HonPrecision Inc 0.21%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.17%
- ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED 0.11%
- PTT Public Company Limited 0.11%
- GULF DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED 0.08%
- CP All Public Company Limited 0.08%
- Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited 0.07%
Only in VXUS
8,138 total- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
- Nestle SA 0.59%
- Shell PLC 0.58%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.58%
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- EMXC vs INDA · iShares MSCI India ETF 13.6%
- EMXC vs FLIN · Franklin FTSE India ETF 13.6%
- EMXC vs EPI · WisdomTree India Earnings Fund 12.2%
- EMXC vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 7.9%
- EMXC vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 6.4%
More comparisons with VXUS
- VXUS vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 20.7%
- VXUS vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 18.3%
- VXUS vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 16.6%
- VXUS vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 15.6%
- VXUS vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 15.5%
- VXUS vs FLJP · Franklin FTSE Japan ETF 14.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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