ETF comparison
AAXJ vs EPI
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · WisdomTree India Earnings Fund
Holdings overlap
143 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and EPI would leave roughly 11.7% 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
AAXJ is 12 bps cheaper than EPI. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for EPI.
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 EPI.
Top shared holdings
143 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In EPI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.84% | 5.13% | 0.84% |
| 2 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.78% | 6.74% | 0.78% |
| 3 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.75% | 5.50% | 0.75% |
| 4 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.54% | 1.42% | 0.54% |
| 5 | INFOSYS LIMITED | 0.34% | 2.55% | 0.34% |
| 6 | MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED | 0.29% | 1.53% | 0.29% |
| 7 | AXIS BANK LIMITED | 0.28% | 1.69% | 0.28% |
| 8 | LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED | 0.26% | 1.33% | 0.26% |
| 9 | KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LIMITED | 0.21% | 1.38% | 0.21% |
| 10 | TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED | 0.19% | 1.11% | 0.19% |
| 11 | State Bank of India | 0.19% | 3.06% | 0.19% |
| 12 | SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.18% | 1.14% | 0.18% |
Only in AAXJ
797 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 17.21%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.68%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.93%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 3.55%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.41%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.46%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.12%
- AIA Group Limited 0.99%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.95%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.94%
Only in EPI
427 total- GREAT EASTERN SHIPPING COMPANY LTD (THE) 0.60%
- LAURUS LABS LTD 0.40%
- REDINGTON LTD 0.34%
- DEEPAK FERTILIZERS AND PETROCHEMICALS CORP LTD 0.28%
- KARUR VYSYA BANK LTD (THE) 0.25%
- NAVA LTD 0.25%
- STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD 0.24%
- LIFE INSURANCE CORP OF INDIA 0.23%
- GENERAL INSURANCE CORP OF INDIA 0.23%
- RBL BANK LTD 0.23%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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