ETF comparison
ESGE vs EWY
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 roughly 21.7% 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
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 the cost 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 Limited 14.90%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.64%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.96%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.50%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.43%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 1.21%
- Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. 1.05%
- Lenovo Group Limited 0.90%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.86%
- United Microelectronics Corporation 0.80%
Only in EWY
46 total- HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD 1.22%
- HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. 1.01%
- KIA CORPORATION 1.01%
- LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0.96%
- Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation 0.63%
- LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD 0.60%
- SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO.,LTD 0.55%
- HD KOREA SHIPBUILDING & OFFSHORE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 0.52%
- KT&G Corporation 0.50%
- MIRAE ASSET SECURITIES CO.,LTD. 0.49%
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- ESGE vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 18.3%
- ESGE vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 12.2%
- ESGE vs FXI · iShares China Large-Cap ETF 11.9%
- ESGE vs INDA · iShares MSCI India ETF 9.6%
More comparisons with EWY
- EWY vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 21.0%
- EWY vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 19.5%
- EWY vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 14.9%
- EWY vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 13.5%
- EWY vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 9.8%
- EWY vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 5.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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