ETF comparison
AAXJvsESGE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF
Holdings overlap
218 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and ESGE would leave roughly59.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ESGE 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 ESGE.
Top shared holdings
218 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In ESGE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | 14.90% | 14.90% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.78% | 8.54% | 6.78% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.63% | 4.62% | 4.62% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.70% | 2.64% | 2.64% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.70% | 1.96% | 1.96% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 1.43% | 1.30% |
| 7 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 1.50% | 1.21% |
| 8 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.03% | 1.21% | 1.03% |
| 9 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 10 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.84% | 1.23% | 0.84% |
| 11 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 12 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.85% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
Only in AAXJ
687 total- AIA Group Limited1.09%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited0.57%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED0.55%
- BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED0.48%
- BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.43%
- ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.0.42%
- UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP.0.35%
- UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED0.34%
- SEA LIMITED0.32%
Only in ESGE
70 total- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC0.80%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.54%
- NEPI ROCKCASTLE N.V.0.52%
- Saudi Telecom Company SJSC0.48%
- Gold Fields Limited0.47%
- QATAR NATIONAL BANK (Q.P.S.C.)0.44%
- B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao0.44%
- ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC0.43%
- Allegro.eu SA0.42%
- VODACOM GROUP LIMITED0.41%
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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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