ETF comparison
IXUS vs KSA
International Total vs International Emerging.
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
Holdings overlap
70 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXUS and KSA would leave roughly 0.8% 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
IXUS is 68 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $680/yr more in fees for KSA.
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 IXUS vs KSA.
Top shared holdings
70 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXUS | In KSA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 0.12% | 13.87% | 0.12% |
| 2 | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 0.10% | 11.44% | 0.10% |
| 3 | The Saudi National Bank SJSC | 0.07% | 8.15% | 0.07% |
| 4 | Saudi Telecom Company SJSC | 0.05% | 5.35% | 0.05% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC | 0.04% | 4.60% | 0.04% |
| 6 | ACWA POWER Company SJSC | 0.03% | 2.67% | 0.03% |
| 7 | Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC | 0.03% | 3.29% | 0.03% |
| 8 | Riyad Bank SJSC | 0.02% | 3.12% | 0.02% |
| 9 | ALINMA BANK SJSC | 0.02% | 2.78% | 0.02% |
| 10 | Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC | 0.02% | 2.69% | 0.02% |
| 11 | SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC | 0.02% | 1.90% | 0.02% |
| 12 | Etihad Etisalat Company SJSC | 0.02% | 1.89% | 0.02% |
Only in IXUS
4,419 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
- Roche Holding AG 0.72%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Novartis AG 0.68%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
Only in KSA
47 total- Taiba Investment Company SJSC 0.40%
- Arabian Centres Company SJSC 0.30%
- Jamjoom Pharmaceuticals Factory Company SJSC 0.29%
- East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry LJSC 0.28%
- Al Nahdi Medical Company SJSC 0.28%
- Power and Water Utility Company for Jubail and Yanbu SJSC 0.27%
- Retal Urban Development Company SJSC 0.26%
- AL MOAMMAR INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPANY SJSC 0.25%
- flynas Company SJSC 0.24%
- Qassim Cement Company SJSC 0.23%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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