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ETF comparison

ESGE vs KSA

Both International Emerging.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
2.0 %

6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and KSA would leave roughly 2.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ESGE unmatched 96.7% Shared 2.0% KSA unmatched 97.3%

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
282 positions
Shared
6 positions
In KSA only
111 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%
KSA

iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

iShares · International Emerging

41 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.75%
Net assets
$588.4M
TTM yield
3.07%
Top-10 conc.
58.0%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
25
76
Tax efficiency
74
93
Liquidity
47
58
Concentration
31
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Tracking quality
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ESGE sub-score KSA

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

Cost difference

ESGE is 50 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $500/yr more in fees for KSA.

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 KSA.

Top shared holdings

6 shared in total
# Holding In ESGE In KSA Overlap
1 AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 0.80% 13.87% 0.80%
2 Saudi Telecom Company SJSC 0.48% 5.35% 0.48%
3 Etihad Etisalat Company SJSC 0.31% 1.89% 0.31%
4 Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group Company SJSC 0.17% 1.50% 0.17%
5 Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC 0.14% 4.60% 0.14%
6 ACWA POWER Company SJSC 0.10% 2.67% 0.10%

Only in ESGE

282 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 14.90%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 8.54%
  • SK hynix Inc. 4.62%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 2.64%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.96%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.50%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.43%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.23%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 1.21%
  • Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. 1.05%

Only in KSA

111 total
  • Saudi Arabian Oil Company 11.44%
  • The Saudi National Bank SJSC 8.15%
  • Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC 3.29%
  • Riyad Bank SJSC 3.12%
  • ALINMA BANK SJSC 2.78%
  • Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC 2.69%
  • SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC 1.90%
  • Banque Saudi Fransi SJSC 1.85%
  • Almarai Company SJSC 1.75%
  • Arab National Bank SJSC 1.51%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open ESGE or KSA at a brokerage

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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.