ETF comparison
IEMG vs MCHI
Both International Emerging.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · iShares MSCI China ETF
Holdings overlap
503 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and MCHI would leave roughly 17.9% 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 50 bps cheaper than MCHI. On a $100,000 position that's about $500/yr more in fees for MCHI.
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 MCHI.
Top shared holdings
503 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In MCHI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.37% | 13.21% | 2.37% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.82% | 10.14% | 1.82% |
| 3 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.71% | 3.97% | 0.71% |
| 4 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.42% | 2.35% | 0.42% |
| 5 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.41% | 2.28% | 0.41% |
| 6 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.38% | 2.10% | 0.38% |
| 7 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.35% | 1.96% | 0.35% |
| 8 | MEITUAN | 0.33% | 1.84% | 0.33% |
| 9 | BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.32% | 1.80% | 0.32% |
| 10 | BYD COMPANY LIMITED | 0.29% | 1.63% | 0.29% |
| 11 | NETEASE, INC. | 0.29% | 1.63% | 0.29% |
| 12 | BAIDU, INC. | 0.26% | 1.44% | 0.26% |
Only in IEMG
2,164 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%
Only in MCHI
73 total- Biwin Storage Technology Co Ltd 0.06%
- Shenzhen Techwinsemi Technology Co Ltd 0.05%
- Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology Co Ltd 0.05%
- Hangzhou Changchuan Technology Co Ltd 0.05%
- Sharetronic Data Technology Co Ltd 0.04%
- Sinoma Science & Technology Co., Ltd 0.04%
- RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co Ltd 0.04%
- Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. 0.04%
- Shengyi Electronics Co Ltd 0.04%
- HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0.03%
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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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