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ETF comparison

ESGE vs IEMG

Both International Emerging.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
57.7 %

287 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and IEMG would leave roughly 57.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ESGE unmatched 41.0% Shared 57.7% IEMG unmatched 41.8%

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.

In ESGE only
1 positions
Shared
287 positions
In IEMG only
2,380 positions

Side by side

ESGE

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

iShares · International Emerging

77 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$6.93B
TTM yield
2.25%
Top-10 conc.
39.1%
IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$160.08B
TTM yield
2.37%
Top-10 conc.
34.0%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
91
76
Tax efficiency
76
93
Liquidity
100
58
Concentration
66
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Tracking quality
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ESGE sub-score IEMG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

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

287 shared in total
# Holding In ESGE In IEMG Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 14.90% 12.49% 12.49%
2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 8.54% 6.80% 6.80%
3 SK hynix Inc. 4.62% 5.82% 4.62%
4 Tencent Holdings Limited 2.64% 2.37% 2.37%
5 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.96% 1.82% 1.82%
6 MediaTek Inc. 1.50% 1.42% 1.42%
7 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.43% 1.02% 1.02%
8 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.23% 0.74% 0.74%
9 CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 1.21% 0.71% 0.71%
10 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.63% 0.79% 0.63%
11 HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.86% 0.61% 0.61%
12 RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.66% 0.58% 0.58%

Only in ESGE

1 total
  • MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED 0.12%

Only in IEMG

2,380 total
  • VALE S.A. 0.41%
  • ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. 0.34%
  • BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.34%
  • BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.32%
  • Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.30%
  • UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0.30%
  • YAGEO CORPORATION 0.26%
  • Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.26%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.26%
  • The Saudi National Bank SJSC 0.22%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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.