ETF comparison

AAXJvsASHR

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.9%

244 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and ASHR would leave roughly3.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AAXJ only 95.8%Shared 3.9%ASHR only 33.3%
In AAXJ only
661 positions
Shared
244 positions
In ASHR only
41 positions

Holdings data for ASHR covers 37.2% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Side by side

AAXJ

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares · International Emerging

56composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.72%
Net assets
$3.88B
TTM yield
1.33%
Top-10 conc.
39.6%
ASHR

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

DWS · International Emerging

58composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.65%
Net assets
$1.57B
TTM yield
2.25%
Top-10 conc.
19.6%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
35
78
Tax efficiency
76
82
Liquidity
65
58
Concentration
86
Tracking quality
AAXJsub-scoreASHR

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

ASHR is 7 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for AAXJ.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with AAXJ vs ASHR.

Top shared holdings

244 shared in total
#HoldingIn AAXJIn ASHROverlap
1Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd.0.17%1.34%0.17%
2Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd.0.14%0.91%0.14%
3Zhongji Innolight Co Ltd0.08%0.55%0.08%
4Foxconn Industrial Internet Co., Ltd.0.07%0.54%0.07%
5China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.0.07%0.52%0.07%
6Cambricon Technologies Corp Ltd0.07%0.25%0.07%
7Zijin Mining Group Company Limited0.07%0.68%0.07%
8Hygon Information Technology Co Ltd0.06%0.17%0.06%
9Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.0.06%0.82%0.06%
10China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd.0.05%0.41%0.05%
11BYD COMPANY LIMITED0.05%0.29%0.05%
12AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.05%0.25%0.05%

Only in AAXJ

661 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited16.28%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.6.78%
  • SK hynix Inc.4.63%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited3.70%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited2.70%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.30%
  • MediaTek Inc.1.21%
  • AIA Group Limited1.09%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION1.03%
  • DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%

Only in ASHR

41 total
  • SAILUN GROUP CO LTD0.13%
  • BEIJING COMPASS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO LTD0.13%
  • ANKER INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO LTD0.12%
  • LOONGSON TECHNOLOGY CORP LTD0.12%
  • ACM RESEARCH (SHANGHAI) INC0.10%
  • ISOFTSTONE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (GROUP) CO LTD0.10%
  • CHINA RAILWAY SIGNAL & COMMUNICATION CORP LTD0.09%
  • HUAQIN TECHNOLOGY CO LTD0.09%
  • BEIJING ROBOROCK TECHNOLOGIE CO LTD0.08%
  • HUADIAN NEW ENERGY GROUP CORP LTD0.08%

Open AAXJ or ASHR at a brokerage

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.