ETF comparison
IEMGvsKSA
Both International Emerging.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
Holdings overlap
101 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and KSA would leave roughly2.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 66 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $660/yr more in fees for KSA.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with IEMG vs KSA.
Top shared holdings
101 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In KSA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 0.36% | 13.87% | 0.36% |
| 2 | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 0.30% | 11.44% | 0.30% |
| 3 | The Saudi National Bank SJSC | 0.22% | 8.15% | 0.22% |
| 4 | Saudi Telecom Company SJSC | 0.16% | 5.35% | 0.16% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC | 0.15% | 4.60% | 0.15% |
| 6 | Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC | 0.09% | 3.29% | 0.09% |
| 7 | Riyad Bank SJSC | 0.07% | 3.12% | 0.07% |
| 8 | ACWA POWER Company SJSC | 0.07% | 2.67% | 0.07% |
| 9 | ALINMA BANK SJSC | 0.07% | 2.78% | 0.07% |
| 10 | Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC | 0.06% | 2.69% | 0.06% |
| 11 | SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC | 0.06% | 1.90% | 0.06% |
| 12 | Etihad Etisalat Company SJSC | 0.04% | 1.89% | 0.04% |
Only in IEMG
2,566 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited12.49%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.6.80%
- SK hynix Inc.5.82%
- Tencent Holdings Limited2.37%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited1.82%
- 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 CORPORATION0.71%
Only in KSA
16 total- Al Rajhi REIT Fund0.21%
- Dr Soliman Abdel Kader Fakeeh Hospital Company SCJSC0.20%
- Jadwa REIT Saudi Fund0.19%
- Riyadh Cement Company SJSC0.14%
- Bawan Company SJSC0.14%
- Almoosa Health Company SJSC0.13%
- Specialized Medical Company SCJSC0.13%
- Derayah Financial Company SJSC0.13%
- Ataa Educational Company SJSC0.12%
- Knowledge Economic City Company SJSC0.12%
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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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