ETF comparison
IEMG vs VSGX
International Emerging vs International Total.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
1,918 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and VSGX would leave roughly 35.2% 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 1 bps cheaper than VSGX. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VSGX.
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 VSGX.
Top shared holdings
1,918 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In VSGX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.49% | 5.46% | 5.46% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.80% | 3.00% | 3.00% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.82% | 2.55% | 2.55% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.82% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 5 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.42% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.02% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.79% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 8 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.74% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 9 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.71% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 10 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.61% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 11 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.54% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 12 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.53% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
Only in IEMG
749 total- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.58%
- VALE S.A. 0.41%
- Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.31%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.30%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.26%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.26%
- BAIDU, INC. 0.26%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.24%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.23%
Only in VSGX
4,645 total- ASML Holding NV 1.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.90%
- Novartis AG 0.87%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.84%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.81%
- Nestle SA 0.79%
- Siemens AG 0.70%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.63%
- Toyota Motor Corp 0.61%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.60%
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- IEMG vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 31.3%
- IEMG vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 30.5%
- IEMG vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 29.9%
- IEMG vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 27.0%
- IEMG vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 22.8%
More comparisons with VSGX
- VSGX vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 27.9%
- VSGX vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 27.5%
- VSGX vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 19.8%
- VSGX vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 71.9%
- VSGX vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 71.6%
- VSGX vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 70.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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