ETF comparison
KSAvsVWO
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
98 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of KSA and VWO would leave roughly3.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VWO 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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
98 shared in total| # | Holding | In KSA | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 13.87% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 2 | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 11.44% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 3 | The Saudi National Bank SJSC | 8.15% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 4 | Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC | 4.60% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 5 | Saudi Telecom Company SJSC | 5.35% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 6 | Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC | 3.29% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 7 | Riyad Bank SJSC | 3.12% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 8 | ACWA POWER Company SJSC | 2.67% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 9 | ALINMA BANK SJSC | 2.78% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC | 1.90% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC | 2.69% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group Company SJSC | 1.50% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in KSA
19 total- Al-Babtain Power and Telecommunication Company SJSC0.19%
- Jadwa REIT Saudi Fund0.19%
- Maharah for Human Resources Company SJSC0.16%
- Sustained Infrastructure Holding Company SJSC0.15%
- Saudi Steel Pipes Company SJSC0.14%
- Riyadh Cement Company SJSC0.14%
- Al Majed for Oud Company SJSC0.14%
- Almunajem Foods Company SJSC0.14%
- Specialized Medical Company SCJSC0.13%
- Derayah Financial Company SJSC0.13%
Only in VWO
4,892 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd14.61%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd3.26%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd2.55%
- Delta Electronics Inc1.17%
- MediaTek Inc1.06%
- Reliance Industries Ltd0.90%
- China Construction Bank Corp0.85%
- HDFC Bank Ltd0.80%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd0.74%
- PDD Holdings Inc0.66%
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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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