ETF comparison
IEMG vs VEA
International Emerging vs International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
334 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and VEA would leave roughly 7.3% 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
VEA is 6 bps cheaper than IEMG. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
334 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.80% | 1.55% | 1.55% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.82% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 3 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.74% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 4 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.53% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 5 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.54% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 6 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.44% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 7 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.25% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 8 | SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD | 0.18% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 9 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 0.22% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION | 0.17% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.17% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 12 | Lenovo Group Limited | 0.17% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Only in IEMG
2,333 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.42%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.02%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.61%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.58%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.48%
Only in VEA
3,528 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- 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%
- Siemens AG 0.73%
- Shell PLC 0.67%
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More comparisons with VEA
- VEA vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 6.6%
- VEA vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 6.5%
- VEA vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 6.4%
- VEA vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 6.4%
- VEA vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 6.4%
- VEA vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 6.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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