ETF comparison
IEMG vs VSS
International Emerging vs International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
918 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and VSS would leave roughly 6.6% 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
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VSS 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 VSS.
Top shared holdings
918 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TAIWAN UNION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0.09% | 0.24% | 0.09% |
| 2 | MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. | 0.06% | 0.16% | 0.06% |
| 3 | COMPEQ MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED | 0.06% | 0.15% | 0.06% |
| 4 | Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp | 0.05% | 0.18% | 0.05% |
| 5 | WinWay Technology Co., Ltd. | 0.05% | 0.12% | 0.05% |
| 6 | LandMark Optoelectronics Corp | 0.04% | 0.11% | 0.04% |
| 7 | CHIPBOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0.04% | 0.07% | 0.04% |
| 8 | Daeduck Electronics Co Ltd | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.03% |
| 9 | Innodisk Corporation | 0.03% | 0.09% | 0.03% |
| 10 | Universal Microwave Technology, Inc. | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.03% |
| 11 | Peptron, Inc. | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.03% |
| 12 | CD Projekt SA | 0.03% | 0.13% | 0.03% |
Only in IEMG
1,749 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 VSS
3,900 total- Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.27%
- Aritzia Inc 0.27%
- Finning International Inc 0.24%
- Storebrand ASA 0.24%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
- Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
- Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.23%
- South Bow Corp 0.22%
- Subsea 7 SA 0.21%
- DPM Metals Inc 0.21%
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More comparisons with VSS
- VSS vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 6.2%
- VSS vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 5.4%
- VSS vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 5.1%
- VSS vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 4.3%
- VSS vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 3.0%
- VSS vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 2.5%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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