ETF comparison
AAXJvsEMXC
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF
Holdings overlap
404 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and EMXC would leave roughly65.2%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 thecost calculator pre-filled with AAXJ vs EMXC.
Top shared holdings
404 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In EMXC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | 17.94% | 16.28% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.78% | 9.75% | 6.78% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.63% | 8.35% | 4.63% |
| 4 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 1.47% | 1.30% |
| 5 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 2.04% | 1.21% |
| 6 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.85% | 1.13% | 0.85% |
| 8 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.84% | 1.07% | 0.84% |
| 9 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 10 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.67% | 0.68% | 0.67% |
| 11 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.51% | 0.75% | 0.51% |
| 12 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.50% | 0.62% | 0.50% |
Only in AAXJ
501 total- Tencent Holdings Limited3.70%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited2.70%
- AIA Group Limited1.09%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION1.03%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%
- PDD Holdings Inc.0.67%
- XIAOMI CORPORATION0.62%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited0.57%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.55%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED0.55%
Only in EMXC
238 total- VALE S.A.0.58%
- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC0.52%
- ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC0.47%
- Nu Holdings Ltd.0.44%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company0.44%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.0.42%
- NASPERS LIMITED0.40%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.0.38%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.38%
- Gold Fields Limited0.35%
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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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