ETF comparison
AAXJvsDFAE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
Holdings overlap
704 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and DFAE would leave roughly61.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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 thecost calculator pre-filled with AAXJ vs DFAE.
Top shared holdings
704 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In DFAE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | 12.22% | 12.22% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.78% | 4.35% | 4.35% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.63% | 3.49% | 3.49% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.70% | 2.65% | 2.65% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.70% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.03% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 8 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 9 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.85% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 10 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.67% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 11 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.51% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 12 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
Only in AAXJ
201 total- AIA Group Limited1.09%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.84%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited0.57%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED0.55%
- SK Square Co., Ltd.0.51%
- JD.COM, INC.0.35%
- UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED0.34%
- BAIDU, INC.0.33%
- SEA LIMITED0.32%
Only in DFAE
5,606 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.76%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.64%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited0.46%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED0.42%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.37%
- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC0.35%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED0.33%
- VALE S.A.0.33%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company0.28%
- Gold Fields Limited0.26%
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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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