ETF comparison
AAXJ vs ASHR
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF
Holdings overlap
252 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and ASHR would leave roughly 3.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Holdings data for ASHR covers 37.2% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 the cost calculator pre-filled with AAXJ vs ASHR.
Top shared holdings
252 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In ASHR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. | 0.15% | 1.34% | 0.15% |
| 2 | Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. | 0.15% | 0.91% | 0.15% |
| 3 | Zhongji Innolight Co Ltd | 0.08% | 0.55% | 0.08% |
| 4 | Cambricon Technologies Corp Ltd | 0.07% | 0.25% | 0.07% |
| 5 | China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. | 0.06% | 0.52% | 0.06% |
| 6 | Zijin Mining Group Company Limited | 0.06% | 0.68% | 0.06% |
| 7 | China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd. | 0.06% | 0.41% | 0.06% |
| 8 | Hygon Information Technology Co Ltd | 0.06% | 0.17% | 0.06% |
| 9 | Foxconn Industrial Internet Co., Ltd. | 0.05% | 0.54% | 0.05% |
| 10 | AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.05% | 0.25% | 0.05% |
| 11 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.05% | 0.82% | 0.05% |
| 12 | Eoptolink Technology Inc Ltd | 0.05% | 2.62% | 0.05% |
Only in AAXJ
688 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 17.21%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.68%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.93%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 3.55%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.41%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.46%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.12%
- AIA Group Limited 0.99%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.95%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.94%
Only in ASHR
33 total- SAILUN GROUP CO LTD 0.13%
- LOONGSON TECHNOLOGY CORP LTD 0.12%
- ACM RESEARCH (SHANGHAI) INC 0.10%
- ISOFTSTONE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (GROUP) CO LTD 0.10%
- CHINA RAILWAY SIGNAL & COMMUNICATION CORP LTD 0.09%
- BEIJING ROBOROCK TECHNOLOGIE CO LTD 0.08%
- HUADIAN NEW ENERGY GROUP CORP LTD 0.08%
- ZHUZHOU CRRC TIMES ELECTRIC CO LTD 0.08%
- CGN POWER CO LTD 0.08%
- NINGBO ZHOUSHAN PORT CO LTD 0.07%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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