ETF comparison

ESGEvsSCHE

Both International Emerging.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
50.0%

238 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGE and SCHE would leave roughly50.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ESGE only 48.7%Shared 50.0%SCHE only 50.2%
In ESGE only
50 positions
Shared
238 positions
In SCHE only
1,938 positions

Side by side

ESGE

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

iShares · International Emerging

77composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$6.91B
TTM yield
2.09%
Top-10 conc.
39.1%
SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Schwab · International Emerging

88composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$13.00B
TTM yield
2.59%
Top-10 conc.
30.7%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
94
76
Tax efficiency
75
93
Liquidity
100
58
Concentration
70
Tracking quality
ESGEsub-scoreSCHE

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

SCHE is 19 bps cheaper than ESGE. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with ESGE vs SCHE.

Top shared holdings

238 shared in total
#HoldingIn ESGEIn SCHEOverlap
1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited14.90%17.06%14.90%
2Tencent Holdings Limited2.64%3.15%2.64%
3Alibaba Group Holding Limited1.96%2.57%1.96%
4MediaTek Inc.1.50%1.88%1.50%
5DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.43%1.40%1.40%
6CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION1.21%0.88%0.88%
7HDFC BANK LIMITED0.86%0.83%0.83%
8RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.66%0.88%0.66%
9HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.63%1.04%0.63%
10ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.0.56%0.59%0.56%
11United Microelectronics Corporation0.80%0.50%0.50%
12AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC0.80%0.49%0.49%

Only in ESGE

50 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.8.54%
  • SK hynix Inc.4.62%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.1.23%
  • SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD0.98%
  • Lenovo Group Limited0.90%
  • SK Square Co., Ltd.0.81%
  • SK Inc.0.73%
  • SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION0.47%
  • KB Financial Group Inc.0.46%
  • SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD0.43%

Only in SCHE

1,938 total
  • Vale SA0.55%
  • Bharti Airtel Ltd0.54%
  • State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund0.52%
  • Elite Material Co Ltd0.44%
  • Bank of China Ltd0.42%
  • Unimicron Technology Corp0.42%
  • Saudi Arabian Oil Co0.41%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras0.35%
  • Yageo Corp0.34%
  • Grupo Mexico SAB de CV0.33%

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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.