ETF comparison
AAXJ vs EMXC
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF
Holdings overlap
397 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and EMXC would leave roughly 64.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EMXC is 47 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/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 EMXC.
Top shared holdings
397 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In EMXC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | 17.23% | 16.28% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.78% | 7.96% | 6.78% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.63% | 4.54% | 4.54% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 5 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 6 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.88% | 1.25% | 0.88% |
| 7 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.88% | 1.05% | 0.88% |
| 8 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.85% | 1.08% | 0.85% |
| 9 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.84% | 0.92% | 0.84% |
| 10 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.67% | 0.85% | 0.67% |
| 11 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.48% | 0.60% | 0.48% |
| 12 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.51% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
Only in AAXJ
508 total- Tencent Holdings Limited 3.70%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.70%
- AIA Group Limited 1.09%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 1.03%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 0.90%
- PDD Holdings Inc. 0.67%
- XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.62%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 0.57%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.55%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 0.55%
Only in EMXC
248 total- ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.72%
- VALE S.A. 0.70%
- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 0.59%
- Gold Fields Limited 0.59%
- Nu Holdings Ltd 0.57%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.56%
- NASPERS LIMITED 0.49%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.45%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.44%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.40%
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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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