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

EMXC and IEMG share 68.1% of their weight across 580 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.

EMXC and IEMG

68.1%

580 shared positions

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

Reported positions cover 98% of the fund, 582 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 45.0%·Holdings of EMXC

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 EMXC 98%, 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 EMXC side by side

EMXCiShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

582

stock positions reported to the SEC

0.0% of its weight is in 2 names IEMG does not hold

IEMGiShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

1,755

stock positions reported to the SEC

28.3% of its weight is in 1,175 names EMXC does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
28.3%
22.6%
Financial Services
3.7%
2.7%
Basic Materials
2.1%
1.6%
Consumer Cyclical
1.0%
1.4%
Energy
0.8%
0.6%

The widest gap is Technology: EMXC has 5.7 points more of it.

The figures side by side

EMXCIEMG
Filing dateMay 31, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported5821,755
Weight of the ten largest45.0%34.6%
Largest positionTSM 17.9%TSM 12.5%
Held alone2 positions, 0.0%1,175 positions, 28.3%
Covered by stock positions98%97%

Holdings they share

StockIn EMXCIn IEMGCounted
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited17.94%12.49%12.49%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.10.82%7.54%7.54%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.8.35%5.82%5.82%
MEDIATEK INC.2.04%1.42%1.42%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.47%1.02%1.02%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.1.13%0.79%0.79%
HDBHDFC BANK LIMITED0.87%0.61%0.61%
RSRELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.83%0.59%0.59%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD0.78%0.54%0.54%
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.0.75%0.53%0.53%

What each holds alone

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

Only in EMXC

PT AMMAN MINERAL INTERNASIONAL TBK.0.01%
PT BARITO RENEWABLES ENERGY TBK0.01%

Only in IEMG

TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED2.37%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited1.82%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.72%
XIAOMI CORPORATION0.42%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.41%
PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA, LTD.0.38%
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.33%
MEITUAN0.33%
BYD COMPANY LIMITED0.32%
NTESNETEASE, INC.0.29%

Questions people ask

Is EMXC the same as IEMG?

68.1% of their weight sits in the same 580 holdings. EMXC also reports PT AMMAN MINERAL INTERNASIONAL TBK., PT BARITO RENEWABLES ENERGY TBK, which the other does not. IEMG also reports TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, BABA, CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between EMXC 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 98% of EMXC and 97% of IEMG, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, IEMG or EMXC?

EMXC reports 582 stock positions and IEMG reports 1,755. 0.0% of EMXC's weight sits in names IEMG does not hold, and 28.3% of IEMG's weight in names EMXC does not hold. The ten largest positions are 45.0% of EMXC and 34.6% of IEMG.

How do EMXC and IEMG differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: EMXC has 5.7 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.