ETF comparison
KSAvsSCHE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
61 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of KSA and SCHE would leave roughly3.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
SCHE is 69 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $690/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with KSA vs SCHE.
Top shared holdings
61 shared in total| # | Holding | In KSA | In SCHE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 13.87% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 2 | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 11.44% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 3 | The Saudi National Bank SJSC | 8.15% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 4 | Saudi Telecom Company SJSC | 5.35% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC | 4.60% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 6 | Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC | 3.29% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 7 | ACWA POWER Company SJSC | 2.67% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 8 | Riyad Bank SJSC | 3.12% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 9 | ALINMA BANK SJSC | 2.78% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 10 | Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC | 2.69% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC | 1.90% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Etihad Etisalat Company SJSC | 1.89% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in KSA
56 total- Rasan Information Technology Company SCJSC0.47%
- Saudi Chemical Holding Company SJSC0.30%
- East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry LJSC0.28%
- Retal Urban Development Company SJSC0.26%
- AL MOAMMAR INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPANY SJSC0.25%
- National Gas and Industrialization Company SJSC0.25%
- Abdullah Al-Othaim Markets Company SJSC0.23%
- Qassim Cement Company SJSC0.23%
- Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Company SJSC0.23%
- Saudi Real Estate Company SJSC0.23%
Only in SCHE
2,115 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd17.06%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd3.15%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd2.57%
- MediaTek Inc1.88%
- Delta Electronics Inc1.40%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd1.04%
- Reliance Industries Ltd0.88%
- China Construction Bank Corp0.88%
- HDFC Bank Ltd0.83%
- ICICI Bank Ltd0.65%
Open KSA or SCHE at a brokerage
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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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