ETF comparison
ILF vs VWO
Both International Emerging.
iShares Latin America 40 ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
31 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ILF and VWO would leave roughly 2.7% 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
VWO is 41 bps cheaper than ILF. On a $100,000 position that's about $410/yr more in fees for ILF.
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 ILF vs VWO.
Top shared holdings
31 shared in total| # | Holding | In ILF | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. | 5.62% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 2 | Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. | 4.07% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 3 | Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. | 3.40% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 4 | America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. | 3.72% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 5 | Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. | 2.90% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 6 | ITAUSA S.A. | 2.40% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 7 | B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | 2.26% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 8 | Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. | 2.26% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 9 | WEG S.A. | 2.13% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 10 | AXIA Energia S.A. | 1.88% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 11 | Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP | 2.17% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 12 | Arca Continental, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.94% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Only in ILF
10 total- VALE S.A. 8.40%
- Nu Holdings Ltd. 8.17%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 4.79%
- CREDICORP LTD. 4.22%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 2.32%
- AMBEV S.A. 2.13%
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, S.A.B. de C.V. 1.65%
- MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. 1.41%
- GERDAU S.A. 0.82%
- TELEFONICA BRASIL S.A 0.78%
Only in VWO
4,949 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.56%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
- MediaTek Inc 1.36%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
- Delta Electronics Inc 0.82%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.81%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
- HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%
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- ILF vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 2.0%
- ILF vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 0.9%
- ILF vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 0.7%
More comparisons with VWO
- VWO vs EWW · iShares MSCI Mexico ETF 2.1%
- VWO vs JGLO · Jpmorgan Global Select Equity ETF 1.4%
- VWO vs ASHR · Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF 1.2%
- VWO vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 0.3%
- VWO vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 0.2%
- VWO vs FRDM · Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF 0.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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