ESGE vs FLKR overlap - what they share and where they differ

ESGE and FLKR share 20.0% of their weight across 30 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.

ESGE and FLKR

20.0%

30 shared positions

ESGE

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

Reported positions cover 98% of the fund, 252 positions · Aug 31, 2026

Top 10: 39.0%·Holdings of ESGE

FLKR

Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF

Reported positions cover 97% of the fund, 141 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 63.8%·Holdings of FLKR

Reported positions cover ESGE 98%, FLKR 97% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

FLKR vs ESGE side by side

ESGEiShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

252

stock positions reported to the SEC

77.8% of its weight is in 222 names FLKR does not hold

FLKRFranklin FTSE South Korea ETF

141

stock positions reported to the SEC

25.8% of its weight is in 111 names ESGE does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

ESGE
FLKR
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
26.6%
27.5%
Financial Services
4.4%
4.3%
Basic Materials
1.7%
1.0%
Consumer Cyclical
1.7%
0.0%
Communication Services
1.3%
0.7%
Healthcare
0.0%
0.4%

The widest gap is Consumer Cyclical: ESGE has 1.7 points more of it.

The figures side by side

ESGEFLKR
Filing dateAug 31, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Stock positions reported252141
Weight of the ten largest39.0%63.8%
Largest positionTSM 15.1%SKHY 27.4%
Held alone222 positions, 77.8%111 positions, 25.8%
Covered by stock positions98%97%

Holdings they share

StockIn ESGEIn FLKRCounted
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.8.20%18.00%8.20%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.5.55%27.39%5.55%
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.0.65%4.30%0.65%
KBKB Financial Group Inc.0.60%2.01%0.60%
SHGShinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.0.56%1.50%0.56%
HANA FINANCIAL GROUP INCHana Financial Group Inc.0.51%1.12%0.51%
SK INC.0.41%1.12%0.41%
WFWoori Financial Group Inc.0.40%0.73%0.40%
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.0.36%1.06%0.36%
NAVER CORPORATION0.26%0.68%0.26%

What each holds alone

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

Only in ESGE

TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited15.08%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED2.56%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited1.71%
MEDIATEK INC.1.41%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION1.30%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.09%
CHTChunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.1.05%
LENOVO GROUP LIMITED1.05%
CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING CO., LTD.0.84%
AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC0.82%

Only in FLKR

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS4.17%
KIA CORP1.20%
HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.HANWHA AEROSPACE CO LTD1.19%
HYUNDAI MOBIS CO LTDHYUNDAI MOBIS COMPANY LTD1.06%
CELLTRION, INC.CELLTRION INC0.92%
LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD0.64%
KTKT&G CORP0.62%
SAMSUNG BIOLOGICS CO.,LTD.SAMSUNG BIOLOGICS CO LTD0.61%
HD KOREA SHIPBUILDING & OFFSHORE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.HD KOREA SHIPBUILDING&OFFSHORE ENGINEERING CO LTD0.58%
SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO.,LTDSAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY LTD0.58%

Questions people ask

Is ESGE the same as FLKR?

20.0% of their weight sits in the same 30 holdings. ESGE also reports TSM, TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, BABA, which the other does not. FLKR also reports SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS, KIA CORP, HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD., which the other does not.

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

Which holds more, FLKR or ESGE?

ESGE reports 252 stock positions and FLKR reports 141. 77.8% of ESGE's weight sits in names FLKR does not hold, and 25.8% of FLKR's weight in names ESGE does not hold. The ten largest positions are 39.0% of ESGE and 63.8% of FLKR.

How do ESGE and FLKR differ by sector?

The widest gap is Consumer Cyclical: ESGE has 1.7 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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