ETF comparison
ESGE vs IXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
284 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and IXUS would leave roughly 19.1% 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
IXUS is 18 bps cheaper than ESGE. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/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 IXUS.
Top shared holdings
284 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGE | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 14.90% | 4.29% | 4.29% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 8.54% | 1.92% | 1.92% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.62% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.64% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.96% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.50% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 7 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.23% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 8 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.21% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 9 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.43% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 10 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.63% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.86% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.66% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
Only in ESGE
4 total- MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED 0.12%
- ORIENT SECURITIES COMPANY LIMITED 0.10%
- AXIATA GROUP BERHAD 0.02%
- PT AMMAN MINERAL INTERNASIONAL TBK. 0.01%
Only in IXUS
4,205 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
- Roche Holding AG 0.72%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Novartis AG 0.68%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
- Nestle S.A. 0.60%
- SHELL PLC 0.60%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.57%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.56%
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- IXUS vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 18.1%
- IXUS vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 15.9%
- IXUS vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 15.8%
- IXUS vs FLJP · Franklin FTSE Japan ETF 14.0%
- IXUS vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 12.0%
- IXUS vs EWJ · iShares MSCI Japan ETF 11.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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