ETF comparison
ESGEvsEWY
Both International Emerging.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
Holdings overlap
35 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and EWY would leave roughly21.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ESGE is 34 bps cheaper than EWY. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/yr more in fees for EWY.
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 EWY.
Top shared holdings
35 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGE | In EWY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 8.54% | 23.88% | 8.54% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.62% | 30.85% | 4.62% |
| 3 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.98% | 3.42% | 0.98% |
| 4 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.81% | 3.08% | 0.81% |
| 5 | SK Inc. | 0.73% | 0.76% | 0.73% |
| 6 | SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION | 0.47% | 0.99% | 0.47% |
| 7 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.46% | 1.40% | 0.46% |
| 8 | SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD | 0.43% | 1.03% | 0.43% |
| 9 | SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. | 0.43% | 1.14% | 0.43% |
| 10 | Hana Financial Group Inc. | 0.38% | 0.83% | 0.38% |
| 11 | Woori Financial Group Inc. | 0.32% | 0.53% | 0.32% |
| 12 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 0.30% | 1.21% | 0.30% |
Only in ESGE
253 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited14.90%
- Tencent Holdings Limited2.64%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited1.96%
- MediaTek Inc.1.50%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.43%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION1.21%
- Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.1.05%
- Lenovo Group Limited0.90%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED0.86%
- United Microelectronics Corporation0.80%
Only in EWY
46 total- HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD1.22%
- HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.1.01%
- KIA CORPORATION1.01%
- LG ELECTRONICS INC.0.96%
- Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation0.63%
- LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD0.60%
- SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO.,LTD0.55%
- HD KOREA SHIPBUILDING & OFFSHORE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.0.52%
- KT&G Corporation0.50%
- MIRAE ASSET SECURITIES CO.,LTD.0.49%
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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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