ETF comparison
FXI vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares China Large-Cap ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FXI and IEMG would leave roughly 10.7% 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
IEMG is 64 bps cheaper than FXI. On a $100,000 position that's about $640/yr more in fees for FXI.
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 FXI vs IEMG.
Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In FXI | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 8.93% | 2.37% | 2.37% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 9.36% | 1.82% | 1.82% |
| 3 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 8.85% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 4 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 5.09% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 5 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 6.16% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 6 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 3.85% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 7 | MEITUAN | 5.13% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 8 | BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 3.78% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 9 | BYD COMPANY LIMITED | 3.51% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 10 | NETEASE, INC. | 3.85% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 11 | BAIDU, INC. | 2.36% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 12 | JD.COM, INC. | 3.22% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
Only in FXI
4 total- Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co.,Ltd 0.13%
- CHINA EVERBRIGHT BANK COMPANY LIMITED 0.10%
- GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc 0.10%
- S.F. Holding Co., Ltd. 0.08%
Only in IEMG
2,621 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.80%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.82%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.42%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.02%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.61%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.58%
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.54%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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