EEM vs EWT overlap - what they share and where they differ

EEM and EWT share 27.7% of their weight across 77 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.

EEM and EWT

27.7%

77 shared positions

EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Reported positions cover 97% of the fund, 1,060 positions · Aug 31, 2026

Top 10: 38.0%·Holdings of EEM

EWT

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

Reported positions cover 99% of the fund, 77 positions · Aug 31, 2026

Top 10: 47.0%·Holdings of EWT

Reported positions cover EEM 97%, EWT 99% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

EWT vs EEM side by side

EEMiShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

1,060

stock positions reported to the SEC

69.8% of its weight is in 983 names EWT does not hold

EWTiShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

77

stock positions reported to the SEC

0.0% of its weight is in 0 names EEM does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

EEM
EWT
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
25.4%
24.9%
Financial Services
4.2%
1.1%
Basic Materials
1.6%
0.0%
Consumer Cyclical
1.5%
1.0%
Communication Services
0.0%
0.7%
Energy
0.7%
0.0%

The widest gap is Financial Services: EEM has 3.1 points more of it.

The figures side by side

EEMEWT
Filing dateAug 31, 2026Aug 31, 2026
Stock positions reported1,06077
Weight of the ten largest38.0%47.0%
Largest positionTSM 15.0%TSM 20.3%
Held alone983 positions, 69.8%0 positions, 0.0%
Covered by stock positions97%99%

Holdings they share

StockIn EEMIn EWTCounted
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited15.03%20.31%15.03%
MEDIATEK INC.1.45%6.05%1.45%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.0.92%3.97%0.92%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.78%3.35%0.78%
ASXASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.0.50%2.62%0.50%
ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.0.40%2.40%0.40%
UMCUnited Microelectronics Corporation0.37%1.94%0.37%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP.0.34%2.20%0.34%
FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING CO., LTD.0.31%1.67%0.31%
NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION0.30%2.22%0.30%

What each holds alone

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

Only in EEM

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.8.05%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.5.42%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED2.87%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited1.94%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.84%
HDBHDFC BANK LIMITED0.70%
RSRELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.66%
IBNICICI BANK LIMITED0.64%
PBRPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.60%
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.0.56%

Only in EWT

Nothing among its reported positions that the others do not also hold.

Questions people ask

Is EEM the same as EWT?

27.7% of their weight sits in the same 77 holdings. EEM also reports SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SKHY, TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, which the other does not. Among its reported positions, EWT holds nothing the other does not also hold.

How is the overlap between EEM and EWT measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 97% of EEM and 99% of EWT, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, EWT or EEM?

EEM reports 1,060 stock positions and EWT reports 77. 69.8% of EEM's weight sits in names EWT does not hold, and 0.0% of EWT's weight in names EEM does not hold. The ten largest positions are 38.0% of EEM and 47.0% of EWT.

How do EEM and EWT differ by sector?

The widest gap is Financial Services: EEM has 3.1 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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