ETF comparison
AAXJ vs DFAE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
Holdings overlap
738 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and DFAE would leave roughly 63.5% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFAE is 43 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/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 DFAE.
Top shared holdings
738 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In DFAE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 17.21% | 13.19% | 13.19% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.68% | 5.17% | 5.17% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.93% | 4.54% | 4.54% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.55% | 2.57% | 2.57% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.41% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.46% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.89% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 8 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.94% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 9 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 10 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 11 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.54% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 12 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.46% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
Only in AAXJ
202 total- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.12%
- AIA Group Limited 0.99%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.95%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 0.70%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.60%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 0.58%
- UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED 0.38%
- SEA LIMITED 0.38%
- BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED 0.28%
- BAIDU, INC. 0.28%
Only in DFAE
5,530 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.39%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.35%
- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 0.31%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.30%
- VALE S.A. 0.29%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.28%
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.24%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.23%
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- AAXJ vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 53.8%
- AAXJ vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 41.0%
- AAXJ vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 38.5%
- AAXJ vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 35.0%
More comparisons with DFAE
- DFAE vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 60.4%
- DFAE vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 58.8%
- DFAE vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 55.4%
- DFAE vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 50.6%
- DFAE vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 36.8%
- DFAE vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 35.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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