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ETF comparison

EWY vs IEMG

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
19.5 %

81 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWY and IEMG would leave roughly 19.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWY unmatched 79.9% Shared 19.5% IEMG unmatched 79.9%

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 EWY only
0 positions
Shared
81 positions
In IEMG only
2,586 positions

Side by side

EWY

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

iShares · International Emerging

59 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.59%
Net assets
$26.21B
TTM yield
1.35%
Top-10 conc.
69.7%
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

41
Cost
91
78
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
15
Concentration
66
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Tracking quality
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EWY sub-score IEMG

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

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 the cost 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 total

Every EWY position is also held by IEMG.

Only in IEMG

2,586 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.42%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.02%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%
  • HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.61%
  • RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.58%
  • ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.48%

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.