AIA vs IEMG overlap - what they share and where they differ

AIA and IEMG share 41.7% of their weight across 41 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

AIA and IEMG

41.7%

41 shared positions

AIA

iShares Asia 50 ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 50 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 69.0%·Holdings of AIA

IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Reported positions cover 97% of the fund, 1,755 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 34.6%·Holdings of IEMG

Reported positions cover AIA 100%, IEMG 97% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

IEMG vs AIA side by side

AIAiShares Asia 50 ETF

50

stock positions reported to the SEC

9.1% of its weight is in 9 names IEMG does not hold

IEMGiShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

1,755

stock positions reported to the SEC

54.3% of its weight is in 1,714 names AIA does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

AIA
IEMG
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
39.7%
22.6%
Financial Services
1.3%
2.7%
Basic Materials
0.0%
1.6%
Consumer Cyclical
0.7%
1.4%
Energy
0.0%
0.6%
Healthcare
0.4%
0.0%

The widest gap is Technology: AIA has 17.1 points more of it.

The figures side by side

AIAIEMG
Filing dateJun 30, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported501,755
Weight of the ten largest69.0%34.6%
Largest positionTSM 24.1%TSM 12.5%
Held alone9 positions, 9.1%1,714 positions, 54.3%
Covered by stock positions100%97%

Holdings they share

StockIn AIAIn IEMGCounted
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited24.09%12.49%12.49%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.18.99%7.54%7.54%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.5.34%5.82%5.34%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED4.38%2.37%2.37%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited3.50%1.82%1.82%
MEDIATEK INC.4.34%1.42%1.42%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.2.40%1.02%1.02%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.1.93%0.79%0.79%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION2.03%0.72%0.72%
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.1.99%0.53%0.53%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in AIA

AIAIAIA Group Limited1.95%
DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD1.92%
OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED1.47%
UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED0.88%
HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING LIMITED0.87%
SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED0.52%
CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED0.51%
TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED0.50%
SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED0.47%

Only in IEMG

HDBHDFC BANK LIMITED0.61%
RSRELIANCE POWER LIMITED0.59%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD0.54%
PBRPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.50%
IBNICICI BANK LIMITED0.48%
VALEVALE S.A.0.41%
AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC0.36%
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED0.34%
ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.0.34%
AUANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC0.33%

Questions people ask

Is AIA the same as IEMG?

41.7% of their weight sits in the same 41 holdings. AIA also reports AIAI, DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD, OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED, which the other does not. IEMG also reports HDB, RS, SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between AIA and IEMG measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 100% of AIA and 97% of IEMG, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, IEMG or AIA?

AIA reports 50 stock positions and IEMG reports 1,755. 9.1% of AIA's weight sits in names IEMG does not hold, and 54.3% of IEMG's weight in names AIA does not hold. The ten largest positions are 69.0% of AIA and 34.6% of IEMG.

How do AIA and IEMG differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: AIA has 17.1 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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Descriptive data from public SEC filings. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund or stock, and holdings change between filings.