ETF comparison
KSA vs PXH
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
11 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of KSA and PXH would leave roughly 2.1% 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
PXH is 28 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/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 KSA vs PXH.
Top shared holdings
11 shared in total| # | Holding | In KSA | In PXH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 11.44% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 2 | The Saudi National Bank SJSC | 8.15% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 3 | Saudi Telecom Company SJSC | 5.35% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 4 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 13.87% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 5 | Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC | 3.29% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 6 | Riyad Bank SJSC | 3.12% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 7 | Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC | 2.69% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 8 | Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC | 4.60% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 9 | Banque Saudi Fransi SJSC | 1.85% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC | 1.90% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | Saudi Energy Company SJSC | 1.11% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in KSA
106 total- ALINMA BANK SJSC 2.78%
- ACWA POWER Company SJSC 2.67%
- Etihad Etisalat Company SJSC 1.89%
- Almarai Company SJSC 1.75%
- Arab National Bank SJSC 1.51%
- Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group Company SJSC 1.50%
- BANK ALBILAD SJSC 1.42%
- ELM COMPANY SJSC 1.30%
- Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Company SJSC 1.13%
- The Company for Cooperative Insurance SJSC 0.80%
Only in PXH
347 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 6.18%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. PETROBRAS 4.20%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 3.31%
- China Construction Bank Corp. 2.71%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. 2.57%
- Vale S.A. 2.28%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd. 2.24%
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. 1.96%
- JD.com, Inc. 1.86%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.67%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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