ETF comparison
AAXJ vs EWT
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF
Holdings overlap
76 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and EWT would leave roughly 29.5% 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
EWT is 13 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 EWT.
Top shared holdings
76 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In EWT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 17.21% | 19.33% | 17.21% |
| 2 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.46% | 7.55% | 1.46% |
| 3 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 5.64% | 0.90% |
| 4 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.89% | 4.09% | 0.89% |
| 5 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.54% | 2.86% | 0.54% |
| 6 | United Microelectronics Corporation | 0.40% | 2.25% | 0.40% |
| 7 | ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. | 0.39% | 2.75% | 0.39% |
| 8 | Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.31% | 1.35% | 0.31% |
| 9 | ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0.31% | 2.20% | 0.31% |
| 10 | CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.30% | 1.46% | 0.30% |
| 11 | UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. | 0.29% | 2.72% | 0.29% |
| 12 | Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.28% | 1.11% | 0.28% |
Only in AAXJ
864 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.68%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.93%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 3.55%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.41%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.12%
- AIA Group Limited 0.99%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.95%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.94%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.84%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.78%
Only in EWT
8 total- Compal Electronics, Inc. 0.46%
- TECO ELECTRIC & MACHINERY CO., LTD. 0.32%
- Asia Cement Corporation 0.28%
- Far Eastern New Century Corporation 0.23%
- China Airlines Ltd. 0.20%
- CATCHER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0.19%
- Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation 0.13%
- YA HSIN INDUSTRIAL CO LTD 0.00%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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