ETF comparison
IEMGvsVWO
Both International Emerging.
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,140 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEMG and VWO would leave roughly70.2%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 thecost calculator pre-filled with IEMG vs VWO.
Top shared holdings
2,140 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEMG | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.49% | 14.61% | 12.49% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.37% | 3.26% | 2.37% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.82% | 2.55% | 1.82% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.42% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 5 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.02% | 1.17% | 1.02% |
| 6 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.79% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.71% | 0.85% | 0.71% |
| 8 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.61% | 0.80% | 0.61% |
| 9 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.58% | 0.90% | 0.58% |
| 10 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.48% | 0.61% | 0.48% |
| 11 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.44% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 12 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.42% | 0.56% | 0.42% |
Only in IEMG
527 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.6.80%
- SK hynix Inc.5.82%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.74%
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD0.54%
- SK Square Co., Ltd.0.53%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY0.44%
- Nu Holdings Ltd.0.31%
- KB Financial Group Inc.0.25%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited0.23%
- DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.0.22%
Only in VWO
2,850 total- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL0.24%
- PTT PCL0.11%
- Advanced Info Service PCL0.10%
- H World Group Ltd0.09%
- Kasikornbank PCL0.08%
- Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd0.07%
- Gulf Development PCL0.07%
- Banca Transilvania SA0.07%
- CP ALL PCL0.06%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA0.06%
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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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