ETF comparison
IEMG vs VT
International Emerging vs Global Stock (incl. US).
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,478 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and VT would leave roughly 11.5% 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
VT 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 VT.
Top shared holdings
2,478 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.49% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.80% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.82% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.37% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.82% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.42% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.71% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 8 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.74% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 9 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.02% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.79% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.61% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 12 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.48% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Only in IEMG
189 total- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.23%
- HonPrecision Inc 0.15%
- ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED 0.08%
- PTT Public Company Limited 0.07%
- H World Group Limited 0.06%
- GULF DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED 0.06%
- CP All Public Company Limited 0.05%
- Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited 0.05%
- Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited 0.04%
- Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. 0.04%
Only in VT
7,572 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
- Micron Technology Inc 0.80%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IEMG
- IEMG vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 11.3%
- IEMG vs FXI · iShares China Large-Cap ETF 10.7%
- IEMG vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 10.7%
- IEMG vs FLIN · Franklin FTSE India ETF 10.4%
- IEMG vs EPI · WisdomTree India Earnings Fund 10.3%
- IEMG vs INDA · iShares MSCI India ETF 9.6%
More comparisons with VT
- VT vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 11.1%
- VT vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 11.0%
- VT vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 10.9%
- VT vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 10.5%
- VT vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 10.3%
- VT vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 9.8%
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/.
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