ETF comparison
IXUS vs SPEM
International Total vs International Emerging.
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
1,273 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXUS and SPEM would leave roughly 21.7% 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
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.070% vs 0.070%).
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 SPEM.
Top shared holdings
1,273 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXUS | In SPEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.29% | 14.65% | 4.29% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 0.88% | 2.74% | 0.88% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.60% | 1.79% | 0.60% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.36% | 1.82% | 0.36% |
| 5 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.23% | 0.81% | 0.23% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.23% | 1.13% | 0.23% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.22% | 0.93% | 0.22% |
| 8 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.21% | 0.83% | 0.21% |
| 9 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.15% | 0.39% | 0.15% |
| 10 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.14% | 0.50% | 0.14% |
| 11 | MEITUAN | 0.14% | 0.36% | 0.14% |
| 12 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.14% | 0.53% | 0.14% |
Only in IXUS
3,216 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
- Roche Holding AG 0.72%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Novartis AG 0.68%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
- Nestle S.A. 0.60%
- SHELL PLC 0.60%
Only in SPEM
1,642 total- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.71%
- United Microelectronics Corp 0.67%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.40%
- Vale SA 0.39%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.38%
- Infosys Ltd 0.33%
- Larsen & Toubro Ltd 0.28%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.24%
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0.24%
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- IXUS vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 19.1%
- IXUS vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 18.1%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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