ETF comparison
IEMG vs VGK
International Emerging vs International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
30 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and VGK would leave roughly 1.0% 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
VGK 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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
30 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.17% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 2 | ORLEN SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.15% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 3 | BANK POLSKA KASA OPIEKI - SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.08% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 4 | KGHM POLSKA MIEDZ SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.09% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 5 | POWSZECHNY ZAKLAD UBEZPIECZEN SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | Allegro.eu SA | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.05% |
| 7 | ERSTE BANK POLSKA SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 8 | LPP SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 9 | MBANK SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 10 | CD Projekt SA | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 11 | DINO POLSKA SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | BANK MILLENNIUM SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in IEMG
2,637 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.80%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.82%
- 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%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%
Only in VGK
1,198 total- ASML Holding NV 3.95%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
- Roche Holding AG 1.91%
- Novartis AG 1.81%
- Nestle SA 1.60%
- AstraZeneca PLC 1.59%
- Siemens AG 1.49%
- Banco Santander SA 1.28%
- Allianz SE 1.18%
- SAP SE 1.17%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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