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ETF comparison

EWZ vs IEMG

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.4 %

46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWZ and IEMG would leave roughly 3.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWZ unmatched 95.3% Shared 3.4% IEMG unmatched 96.1%

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 EWZ only
0 positions
Shared
46 positions
In IEMG only
2,621 positions

Side by side

EWZ

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

iShares · International Emerging

60 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.59%
Net assets
$8.64B
TTM yield
3.44%
Top-10 conc.
58.7%
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
74
Tax efficiency
76
97
Liquidity
100
30
Concentration
66
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Tracking quality
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EWZ 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 EWZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $500/yr more in fees for EWZ.

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 EWZ vs IEMG.

Top shared holdings

46 shared in total
# Holding In EWZ In IEMG Overlap
1 VALE S.A. 11.50% 0.41% 0.41%
2 Nu Holdings Ltd. 8.71% 0.31% 0.31%
3 Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 8.48% 0.29% 0.29%
4 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 7.28% 0.26% 0.26%
5 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 6.70% 0.24% 0.24%
6 Banco Bradesco S.A. 3.33% 0.13% 0.13%
7 B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao 3.57% 0.12% 0.12%
8 AMBEV S.A. 3.19% 0.10% 0.10%
9 ITAUSA S.A. 2.62% 0.10% 0.10%
10 WEG S.A. 3.05% 0.10% 0.10%
11 Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP 2.87% 0.09% 0.09%
12 BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. 2.68% 0.09% 0.09%

Only in EWZ

0 total

Every EWZ position is also held by IEMG.

Only in IEMG

2,621 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.80%
  • SK hynix Inc. 5.82%
  • 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%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%

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.