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KSA vs SPEM

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.1 %

64 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of KSA and SPEM would leave roughly 3.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

KSA only 96.5% Shared 3.1% SPEM only 96.8%
In KSA only
60 positions
Shared
64 positions
In SPEM only
2,881 positions

Side by side

KSA

iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

iShares · International Emerging

42 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.75%
Net assets
$649.8M
TTM yield
2.79%
Top-10 conc.
58.5%
SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

State Street · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$17.31B
TTM yield
2.52%
Top-10 conc.
25.3%

Sub-score comparison

25
Cost
93
75
Tax efficiency
75
48
Liquidity
100
31
Concentration
78
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Tracking quality
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KSA sub-score SPEM

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SPEM 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 KSA vs SPEM.

Top shared holdings

64 shared in total
# Holding In KSA In SPEM Overlap
1 AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 14.42% 0.54% 0.54%
2 Saudi Arabian Oil Company 10.76% 0.34% 0.34%
3 The Saudi National Bank SJSC 8.80% 0.30% 0.30%
4 Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC 6.08% 0.21% 0.21%
5 Saudi Telecom Company SJSC 4.29% 0.19% 0.19%
6 Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC 3.27% 0.13% 0.13%
7 Riyad Bank SJSC 3.30% 0.12% 0.12%
8 SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC 1.77% 0.08% 0.08%
9 ACWA POWER Company SJSC 2.06% 0.07% 0.07%
10 SAUDI REINSURANCE COMPANY SAUDI JOINT STOCK COMPANY 0.17% 0.06% 0.06%
11 ALINMA BANK SJSC 2.77% 0.06% 0.06%
12 Etihad Etisalat Company SJSC 1.96% 0.06% 0.06%

Only in KSA

60 total
  • Arab National Bank SJSC 1.50%
  • Jabal Omar Development Company SJSC 0.69%
  • THE SAUDI INVESTMENT BANK SJSC 0.67%
  • Electrical Industries Company JSC 0.66%
  • Makkah Construction and Development Company SJSC 0.62%
  • Bank AlJazira SJSC 0.59%
  • ADES Holding Company Listed Joint Stock Company 0.50%
  • SAL Saudi Logistics Services Company SJSC 0.48%
  • Astra Industrial Group Company SJSC 0.42%
  • Rasan Information Technology Company SCJSC 0.41%

Only in SPEM

2,881 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 11.96%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.48%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.99%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.95%
  • Delta Electronics Inc 0.93%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd 0.84%
  • MediaTek Inc 0.82%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.77%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.71%

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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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