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

IEMG and MCHI share 17.5% of their weight across 339 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.

IEMG and MCHI

17.5%

339 shared positions

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

MCHI

iShares MSCI China ETF

Reported positions cover 96% of the fund, 515 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 41.3%·Holdings of MCHI

Reported positions cover IEMG 97%, MCHI 96% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

MCHI vs IEMG side by side

IEMGiShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

1,755

stock positions reported to the SEC

79.1% of its weight is in 1,416 names MCHI does not hold

MCHIiShares MSCI China ETF

515

stock positions reported to the SEC

3.1% of its weight is in 176 names IEMG does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
22.6%
15.5%
Consumer Cyclical
1.4%
3.1%
Financial Services
2.7%
0.0%
Basic Materials
1.6%
0.0%
Industrials
0.0%
1.0%
Healthcare
0.0%
0.8%

The widest gap is Technology: IEMG has 7.1 points more of it.

The figures side by side

IEMGMCHI
Filing dateMay 31, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported1,755515
Weight of the ten largest34.6%41.3%
Largest positionTSM 12.5%TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED 13.2%
Held alone1,416 positions, 79.1%176 positions, 3.1%
Covered by stock positions97%96%

Holdings they share

StockIn IEMGIn MCHICounted
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED2.37%13.21%2.37%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited1.82%10.14%1.82%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.72%4.04%0.72%
XIAOMI CORPORATION0.42%2.35%0.42%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.41%2.25%0.41%
PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA, LTD.0.38%2.15%0.38%
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.33%1.88%0.33%
MEITUAN0.33%1.84%0.33%
BYD COMPANY LIMITED0.32%1.81%0.32%
NTESNETEASE, INC.0.29%1.63%0.29%

What each holds alone

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

Only in IEMG

TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited12.49%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.7.54%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.5.82%
MEDIATEK INC.1.42%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.02%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.79%
HDBHDFC BANK LIMITED0.61%
RSRELIANCE POWER LIMITED0.59%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD0.54%
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.0.53%

Only in MCHI

BIWIN STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD0.06%
HANGZHOU CHANGCHUAN TECHNOLOGY CO LTD0.05%
SHENZHEN TECHWINSEMI TECHNOLOGY CO LTD0.05%
YUANJIE SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CO LTD0.05%
DATANG INTERNATIONAL POWER GENERATION CO., LTD.0.04%
ROBOTECHNIK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD0.04%
SHARETRONIC DATA TECHNOLOGY CO LTD0.04%
SHENGYI ELECTRONICS CO LTD0.04%
SINOMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD0.04%
CHINA MERCHANTS SHEKOU INDUSTRIAL ZONE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.0.03%

Questions people ask

Is IEMG the same as MCHI?

17.5% of their weight sits in the same 339 holdings. IEMG also reports TSM, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SKHY, which the other does not. MCHI also reports BIWIN STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD, HANGZHOU CHANGCHUAN TECHNOLOGY CO LTD, SHENZHEN TECHWINSEMI TECHNOLOGY CO LTD, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between IEMG and MCHI 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 IEMG and 96% of MCHI, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, MCHI or IEMG?

IEMG reports 1,755 stock positions and MCHI reports 515. 79.1% of IEMG's weight sits in names MCHI does not hold, and 3.1% of MCHI's weight in names IEMG does not hold. The ten largest positions are 34.6% of IEMG and 41.3% of MCHI.

How do IEMG and MCHI differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: IEMG has 7.1 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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