ETF comparison
EWYvsIEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI South Korea ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
81 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWY and IEMG would leave roughly19.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 50 bps cheaper than EWY. On a $100,000 position that's about $500/yr more in fees for EWY.
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 EWY vs IEMG.
Top shared holdings
81 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWY | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 23.88% | 6.80% | 6.80% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 30.85% | 5.82% | 5.82% |
| 3 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 3.42% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 4 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 3.08% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 5 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 2.43% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 6 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 1.40% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 7 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 1.21% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 8 | HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD | 1.22% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 9 | SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. | 1.14% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 10 | SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD | 1.03% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 1.01% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 12 | KIA CORPORATION | 1.01% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in EWY
0 totalEvery EWY position is also held by IEMG.
Only in IEMG
2,586 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited12.49%
- Tencent Holdings Limited2.37%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited1.82%
- MediaTek Inc.1.42%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.02%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.79%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.71%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED0.61%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.58%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED0.48%
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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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