ETF comparison
IEMG vs VWO
Both International Emerging.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Holdings overlap
2,150 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and VWO would leave roughly 73.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VWO 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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
2,150 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 11.41% | 14.61% | 11.41% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.14% | 3.26% | 3.14% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.32% | 2.55% | 2.32% |
| 4 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.82% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 5 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.73% | 0.85% | 0.73% |
| 6 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.72% | 0.74% | 0.72% |
| 7 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.70% | 0.90% | 0.70% |
| 8 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.70% | 1.06% | 0.70% |
| 9 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.65% | 1.17% | 0.65% |
| 10 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.57% | 0.61% | 0.57% |
| 11 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.57% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 12 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.55% | 0.66% | 0.55% |
Only in IEMG
523 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.29%
- SK hynix Inc. 3.01%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.60%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.46%
- Nu Holdings Ltd 0.38%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.31%
- KB Financial Group Inc. 0.30%
- KIA CORPORATION 0.25%
- DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. 0.25%
- SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD 0.22%
Only in VWO
2,840 total- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.24%
- PTT PCL 0.11%
- Advanced Info Service PCL 0.10%
- H World Group Ltd 0.09%
- Yangtze Optical Fibre & Cable Joint Stock Ltd Co 0.09%
- Kasikornbank PCL 0.08%
- Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd 0.07%
- Gulf Development PCL 0.07%
- Banca Transilvania SA 0.07%
- SenseTime Group Inc 0.06%
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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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