ETF comparison
ESGE vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
294 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and IEMG would leave roughly 55.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 16 bps cheaper than ESGE. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for ESGE.
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 IEMG.
Top shared holdings
294 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGE | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 13.61% | 11.41% | 11.41% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 6.28% | 5.29% | 5.29% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 3.56% | 3.14% | 3.14% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc | 3.72% | 3.01% | 3.01% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 2.51% | 2.32% | 2.32% |
| 6 | HDFC Bank Ltd | 1.13% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 7 | China Construction Bank Corp | 1.23% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 8 | Reliance Industries Ltd | 0.84% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 9 | MediaTek Inc | 0.72% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 10 | Delta Electronics Inc | 0.92% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 11 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 1.00% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 12 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.58% | 0.72% | 0.58% |
Only in ESGE
2 total- BlackRock Funds III 0.57%
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0.17%
Only in IEMG
2,379 total- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.46%
- VALE S.A. 0.46%
- BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.40%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.29%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.29%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.27%
- Zijin Mining Group Company Limited 0.25%
- KIA CORPORATION 0.25%
- The Saudi National Bank SJSC 0.24%
- LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED 0.24%
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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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