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

ESGE and IEMG share 57.5% of their weight across 256 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 IEMG

57.5%

256 shared positions

ESGE

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

Reported positions cover 97% of the fund, 257 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 40.2%·Holdings of ESGE

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 ESGE 97%, 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 ESGE side by side

ESGEiShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

257

stock positions reported to the SEC

0.0% of its weight is in 1 names IEMG does not hold

IEMGiShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

1,755

stock positions reported to the SEC

36.7% of its weight is in 1,499 names ESGE does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
25.3%
22.6%
Financial Services
3.6%
2.7%
Consumer Cyclical
1.6%
1.4%
Basic Materials
1.3%
1.6%
Communication Services
1.4%
0.0%
Energy
0.0%
0.6%

The widest gap is Technology: ESGE has 2.6 points more of it.

The figures side by side

ESGEIEMG
Filing dateMay 31, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported2571,755
Weight of the ten largest40.2%34.6%
Largest positionTSM 14.9%TSM 12.5%
Held alone1 positions, 0.0%1,499 positions, 36.7%
Covered by stock positions97%97%

Holdings they share

StockIn ESGEIn IEMGCounted
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited14.90%12.49%12.49%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.9.77%7.54%7.54%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.4.62%5.82%4.62%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED2.64%2.37%2.37%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited1.96%1.82%1.82%
MEDIATEK INC.1.50%1.42%1.42%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.43%1.02%1.02%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION1.34%0.72%0.72%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.63%0.79%0.63%
HDBHDFC BANK LIMITED0.86%0.61%0.61%

What each holds alone

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

Only in ESGE

PT AMMAN MINERAL INTERNASIONAL TBK.0.01%

Only in IEMG

VALEVALE S.A.0.41%
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED0.34%
ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.0.34%
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.33%
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY0.30%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP.0.30%
NBHCNATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A.0.27%
GRUPO MEXICO, S.A.B. DE C.V.0.26%
YAGEO CORPORATION0.26%
INTRInter & Co, Inc.0.23%

Questions people ask

Is ESGE the same as IEMG?

57.5% of their weight sits in the same 256 holdings. ESGE also reports PT AMMAN MINERAL INTERNASIONAL TBK., which the other does not. IEMG also reports VALE, BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED, ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD., which the other does not.

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

Which holds more, IEMG or ESGE?

ESGE reports 257 stock positions and IEMG reports 1,755. 0.0% of ESGE's weight sits in names IEMG does not hold, and 36.7% of IEMG's weight in names ESGE does not hold. The ten largest positions are 40.2% of ESGE and 34.6% of IEMG.

How do ESGE and IEMG differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: ESGE has 2.6 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.