ETF comparison

ESGEvsEWT

Both International Emerging.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
26.6%

31 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and EWT would leave roughly26.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ESGE only 72.1%Shared 26.6%EWT only 73.1%
In ESGE only
257 positions
Shared
31 positions
In EWT only
53 positions

Side by side

ESGE

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

iShares · International Emerging

77composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$6.91B
TTM yield
2.09%
Top-10 conc.
39.1%
EWT

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

iShares · International Emerging

63composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.59%
Net assets
$11.76B
TTM yield
2.59%
Top-10 conc.
51.5%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
41
76
Tax efficiency
75
93
Liquidity
100
58
Concentration
41
Tracking quality
ESGEsub-scoreEWT

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

ESGE is 34 bps cheaper than EWT. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/yr more in fees for EWT.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with ESGE vs EWT.

Top shared holdings

31 shared in total
#HoldingIn ESGEIn EWTOverlap
1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited14.90%19.33%14.90%
2MediaTek Inc.1.50%7.55%1.50%
3DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.43%5.64%1.43%
4United Microelectronics Corporation0.80%2.25%0.80%
5Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.1.05%0.75%0.75%
6Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd.0.65%1.11%0.65%
7HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.63%4.09%0.63%
8ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.0.56%2.86%0.56%
9First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.0.53%0.53%0.53%
10E. SUN FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY, LTD.0.47%0.68%0.47%
11Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd.0.44%0.43%0.43%
12Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.0.37%1.57%0.37%

Only in ESGE

257 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.8.54%
  • SK hynix Inc.4.62%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited2.64%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited1.96%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.1.23%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION1.21%
  • SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD0.98%
  • Lenovo Group Limited0.90%
  • HDFC BANK LIMITED0.86%
  • SK Square Co., Ltd.0.81%

Only in EWT

53 total
  • ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.2.75%
  • UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP.2.72%
  • YAGEO CORPORATION2.15%
  • QUANTA COMPUTER INC.1.30%
  • Wiwynn Corporation1.27%
  • Innolux Corporation1.12%
  • ZHEN DING TECHNOLOGY HOLDING LIMITED1.11%
  • HonPrecision Inc1.10%
  • Global Unichip Corp1.01%
  • NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION0.95%

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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.