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ETF comparison

FXI vs VEA

International Emerging vs International Developed.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FXI and VEA would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FXI unmatched 99.0% Shared 0.0% VEA unmatched 97.4%

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 FXI only
50 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VEA only
3,862 positions

Side by side

FXI

iShares China Large-Cap ETF

iShares · International Emerging

51 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.73%
Net assets
$3.93B
TTM yield
2.10%
Top-10 conc.
58.5%
VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$313.54B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.47%
Top-10 conc.
13.1%

Sub-score comparison

27
Cost
97
76
Tax efficiency
78
82
Liquidity
100
31
Concentration
96
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Tracking quality
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FXI sub-score VEA

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

Cost difference

VEA is 70 bps cheaper than FXI. On a $100,000 position that's about $700/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 VEA.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in FXI

50 total
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 9.36%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 8.93%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 8.85%
  • INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 6.16%
  • MEITUAN 5.13%
  • XIAOMI CORPORATION 5.09%
  • Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 3.85%
  • NETEASE, INC. 3.85%
  • BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 3.78%
  • BYD COMPANY LIMITED 3.51%

Only in VEA

3,862 total
  • ASML Holding NV 2.36%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
  • SK hynix Inc 1.39%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
  • Novartis AG 0.90%
  • Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.89%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
  • Nestle SA 0.82%

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.