IEMG is an emerging-markets equity ETF from IShares, while VXUS is an international equity ETF from Vanguard. IEMG and VXUS show meaningful overlap, with an estimated weighted overlap of 22.04%. They share 1738 holdings in the loaded dataset, led by TW0002330008, KR7000660001, and TW0002308004.
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IEMG is an emerging-markets equity ETF from IShares, while VXUS is an international equity ETF from Vanguard. IEMG and VXUS show meaningful overlap, with an estimated weighted overlap of 22.04%. They share 1738 holdings in the loaded dataset, led by TW0002330008, KR7000660001, and TW0002308004.
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IEMG is an emerging-markets equity ETF from IShares, while VXUS is an international equity ETF from Vanguard. IEMG and VXUS overlap enough to matter, but they still bring different exposures to a portfolio. The overlap is concentrated in holdings such as TW0002330008, KR7000660001, and TW0002308004, which explains why the score lands at 22.04%.
IEMG is an emerging-markets equity ETF from IShares, while VXUS is an international equity ETF from Vanguard. VXUS is the broader fund, while IEMG is the more targeted sleeve. VXUS has the lower expense ratio, while IEMG charges more for its exposure.
The overlap is driven by a relatively small set of large shared positions. The top three shared holdings account for 24.35% of the score, which means the result is heavily influenced by the biggest common weights rather than a long tail of tiny positions.
If you want the broader portfolio building block, VXUS is usually the wider choice. If you want the more focused tilt, IEMG is the narrower expression. VXUS has the lower expense ratio, while IEMG charges more for its exposure.
Concentration
The top three shared holdings explain 24.35% of the full overlap score.
That helps show whether the score comes from a handful of giant shared positions or from a broader mix of common holdings.
Shared Sector Tilt
Sector tags are not consistently available for the biggest shared positions in this dataset, so this comparison leans more on the specific holdings than on sector labels.
These are the holdings contributing the most to the overlap score between IEMG and VXUS.
| Holding | Name | IEMG Wt. | VXUS Wt. | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TW0002330008 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.49% | 3.93% | 3.93% |
| KR7000660001 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.82% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| TW0002308004 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.02% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| TW0002454006 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.42% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| CNE1000002H1 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.71% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| INE040A01034 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.61% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| KR7005931001 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.74% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| TW0002317005 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.79% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| CNE1000003G1 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.38% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| INE090A01021 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.48% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
IEMG is an emerging-markets equity ETF from IShares, while VXUS is an international equity ETF from Vanguard. The overlap exists because both funds allocate meaningful weight to the same holdings. In this dataset, the biggest shared drivers are TW0002330008, KR7000660001, and TW0002308004, which appear in both portfolios and push the overlap score higher.
Holding both IEMG and VXUS can still be reasonable, but you should expect some duplication. The decision comes down to whether the non-overlapping parts of each ETF are important enough for your strategy.
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A straightforward approach used by portfolio analysts.
For every stock that appears in both ETFs, we take the smaller of the two weights. Adding up all those minimums gives the total overlap percentage. A score of 100% means the two ETFs hold the exact same stocks in the same proportions.
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