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ETF comparison

IEMG vs SCHE

Both International Emerging.

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
69.0 %

1,390 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and SCHE would leave roughly 69.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IEMG unmatched 30.5% Shared 69.0% SCHE unmatched 30.6%

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 IEMG only
1,277 positions
Shared
1,390 positions
In SCHE only
785 positions

Side by side

IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$160.08B
TTM yield
2.37%
Top-10 conc.
34.0%
SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Schwab · International Emerging

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$12.78B
TTM yield
2.72%
Top-10 conc.
30.3%

Sub-score comparison

91
Cost
94
76
Tax efficiency
75
100
Liquidity
100
66
Concentration
71
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Tracking quality
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IEMG sub-score SCHE

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

Cost difference

SCHE is 3 bps cheaper than IEMG. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/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 SCHE.

Top shared holdings

1,390 shared in total
# Holding In IEMG In SCHE Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49% 17.06% 12.49%
2 Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37% 3.15% 2.37%
3 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82% 2.57% 1.82%
4 MediaTek Inc. 1.42% 1.88% 1.42%
5 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.02% 1.40% 1.02%
6 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79% 1.04% 0.79%
7 CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71% 0.88% 0.71%
8 HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.61% 0.83% 0.61%
9 RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.58% 0.88% 0.58%
10 ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.48% 0.65% 0.48%
11 ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.44% 0.59% 0.44%
12 XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.42% 0.57% 0.42%

Only in IEMG

1,277 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.80%
  • SK hynix Inc. 5.82%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
  • SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.54%
  • SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.53%
  • HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.44%
  • Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.31%
  • KB Financial Group Inc. 0.25%
  • DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. 0.22%
  • HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD 0.20%

Only in SCHE

785 total
  • H World Group Ltd 0.08%
  • Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd 0.07%
  • Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE 0.07%
  • Full Truck Alliance Co Ltd 0.06%
  • Two Point Zero Group PJSC 0.05%
  • Adani Energy Solutions Ltd 0.05%
  • Adani Green Energy Ltd 0.05%
  • Bank of Cyprus Holdings PLC 0.04%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.04%
  • Destek Finans Faktoring AS 0.04%

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.