ETF comparison
EWY vs IXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
iShares MSCI South Korea ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
81 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWY and IXUS would leave roughly 5.3% 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 52 bps cheaper than EWY. On a $100,000 position that's about $520/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 IXUS.
Top shared holdings
81 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWY | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 23.88% | 1.92% | 1.92% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 30.85% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
| 3 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 3.08% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 4 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 3.42% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 5 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 1.40% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 6 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 2.43% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD | 1.03% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 8 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.07% | 0.24% | 0.07% |
| 9 | Hana Financial Group Inc. | 0.83% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 1.01% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | KIA CORPORATION | 1.01% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 1.21% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in EWY
0 totalEvery EWY position is also held by IXUS.
Only in IXUS
4,408 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
- 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%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.60%
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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/.
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