ETF comparison
AAXJvsEEM
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
861 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and EEM would leave roughly77.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.72% vs 0.72%).
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 EEM.
Top shared holdings
861 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In EEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | 14.26% | 14.26% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.78% | 7.76% | 6.78% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.63% | 6.64% | 4.63% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.70% | 2.71% | 2.71% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.70% | 2.08% | 2.08% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 1.62% | 1.21% |
| 7 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 8 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.85% | 0.90% | 0.85% |
| 9 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.84% | 0.85% | 0.84% |
| 10 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.03% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 12 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
Only in AAXJ
44 total- AIA Group Limited1.09%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited0.57%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED0.55%
- UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED0.34%
- SEA LIMITED0.32%
- SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED0.26%
- SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED0.25%
- CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED0.22%
- TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED0.20%
Only in EEM
361 total- VALE S.A.0.46%
- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC0.41%
- ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC0.38%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company0.35%
- Nu Holdings Ltd.0.35%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.0.34%
- NASPERS LIMITED0.32%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.0.30%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.30%
- Gold Fields Limited0.28%
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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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