ETF comparison
IEMG vs IXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
1,985 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and IXUS would leave roughly 31.3% 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 2 bps cheaper than IEMG. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for IEMG.
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 IEMG vs IXUS.
Top shared holdings
1,985 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.49% | 4.29% | 4.29% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.80% | 1.92% | 1.92% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.82% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.37% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.82% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.42% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 7 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.74% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 8 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.71% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 9 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.02% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 10 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.79% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.61% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.58% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
Only in IEMG
682 total- HYUNDAI MOTOR INDIA LIMITED 0.02%
- AXIA Energia S.A. 0.02%
- Macquarie Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV 0.02%
- Hesai Group 0.02%
- NIPPON LIFE INDIA ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED 0.01%
- FORTRESS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS LIMITED 0.01%
- Frontken Corporation Bhd 0.01%
- CEMENTOS ARGOS S.A. 0.01%
- RBL BANK LIMITED 0.01%
- NARAYANA HRUDAYALAYA LIMITED 0.01%
Only in IXUS
2,504 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- 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%
- SHELL PLC 0.60%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.57%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.56%
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- IEMG vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 27.0%
- IEMG vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 22.8%
- IEMG vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 20.4%
- IEMG vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 20.3%
More comparisons with IXUS
- IXUS vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 29.9%
- IXUS vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 29.7%
- IXUS vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 28.3%
- IXUS vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 28.0%
- IXUS vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 27.5%
- IXUS vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 25.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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