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AAXJ vs AVES

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
14.1 %

228 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and AVES would leave roughly 14.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AAXJ unmatched 85.6% Shared 14.1% AVES unmatched 86.1%

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.

In AAXJ only
712 positions
Shared
228 positions
In AVES only
1,654 positions

Side by side

AAXJ

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares · International Emerging

55 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.72%
Net assets
$3.96B
TTM yield
1.45%
Top-10 conc.
42.2%
AVES

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF

Avantis · International Emerging

71 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.36%
Net assets
$1.56B
TTM yield
3.61%
Top-10 conc.
12.3%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
64
78
Tax efficiency
73
83
Liquidity
65
54
Concentration
97
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Tracking quality
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AAXJ sub-score AVES

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

AVES is 36 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/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 AVES.

Top shared holdings

228 shared in total
# Holding In AAXJ In AVES Overlap
1 United Microelectronics Corporation 0.40% 0.77% 0.40%
2 ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. 0.39% 0.55% 0.39%
3 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.33% 1.35% 0.33%
4 Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.31% 0.91% 0.31%
5 CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.30% 1.00% 0.30%
6 UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0.29% 1.18% 0.29%
7 Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.28% 0.73% 0.28%
8 BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED 0.28% 0.23% 0.23%
9 Hana Financial Group Inc. 0.23% 0.93% 0.23%
10 TS Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.22% 0.46% 0.22%
11 LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED 0.26% 0.22% 0.22%
12 KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LIMITED 0.21% 0.44% 0.21%

Only in AAXJ

712 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 AVES

1,654 total
  • ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 1.48%
  • LG Innotek Co Ltd 1.39%
  • Samsung E&A Co Ltd 1.02%
  • Vale SA 1.02%
  • Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.73%
  • KB Financial Group Inc 0.72%
  • Powertech Technology Inc 0.68%
  • Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd 0.58%
  • Ardentec Corp 0.56%
  • Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV 0.52%

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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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/.

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