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

EEM and SCHE share 28.2% of their weight across 147 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 SCHE

28.2%

147 shared positions

EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Reported positions cover 97% of the fund, 911 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 39.5%·Holdings of EEM

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Reported positions cover 97% of the fund, 1,364 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 30.4%·Holdings of SCHE

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

SCHE vs EEM side by side

EEMiShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

911

stock positions reported to the SEC

68.8% of its weight is in 764 names SCHE does not hold

SCHESchwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

1,364

stock positions reported to the SEC

62.7% of its weight is in 1,217 names EEM does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
25.7%
23.7%
Financial Services
3.0%
2.6%
Consumer Cyclical
1.5%
2.0%
Basic Materials
1.7%
0.9%
Energy
0.7%
0.0%
Industrials
0.0%
0.5%

The widest gap is Technology: EEM has 2.0 points more of it.

The figures side by side

EEMSCHE
Filing dateMay 31, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported9111,364
Weight of the ten largest39.5%30.4%
Largest positionTSM 14.3%TSM 17.1%
Held alone764 positions, 68.8%1,217 positions, 62.7%
Covered by stock positions97%97%

Holdings they share

StockIn EEMIn SCHECounted
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited14.26%17.06%14.26%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited2.08%2.57%2.08%
HDBHDFC BANK LIMITED0.70%0.83%0.70%
RSRELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.66%0.88%0.66%
IBNICICI BANK LIMITED0.55%0.65%0.55%
ASXASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.0.50%0.59%0.50%
UMCUnited Microelectronics Corporation0.40%0.50%0.40%
AUANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC0.38%0.45%0.38%
MEITUAN0.38%0.46%0.38%
NTESNETEASE, INC.0.33%0.42%0.33%

What each holds alone

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

Only in EEM

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.8.61%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.6.64%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED2.71%
MEDIATEK INC.1.62%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.17%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.90%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.82%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD0.62%
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.0.60%
PBRPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.57%

Only in SCHE

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD3.15%
MEDIATEK INC1.88%
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC1.40%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO LTD1.04%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP0.90%
INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD0.68%
PDDPDD Holdings Inc0.60%
XIAOMI CORP0.57%
VALE SA0.55%
BHARTI AIRTEL LTD0.54%

Questions people ask

Is EEM the same as SCHE?

28.2% of their weight sits in the same 147 holdings. EEM also reports SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SKHY, TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, which the other does not. SCHE also reports TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD, MEDIATEK INC, DELTA ELECTRONICS INC, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between EEM and SCHE 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 97% of SCHE, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, SCHE or EEM?

EEM reports 911 stock positions and SCHE reports 1,364. 68.8% of EEM's weight sits in names SCHE does not hold, and 62.7% of SCHE's weight in names EEM does not hold. The ten largest positions are 39.5% of EEM and 30.4% of SCHE.

How do EEM and SCHE differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: EEM has 2.0 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.