ETF comparison
AAXJ vs EWY
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
Holdings overlap
77 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and EWY would leave roughly 21.0% 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
EWY 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 EWY.
Top shared holdings
77 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In EWY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.68% | 23.88% | 7.68% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.93% | 30.85% | 5.93% |
| 3 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.60% | 3.08% | 0.60% |
| 4 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.40% | 3.42% | 0.40% |
| 5 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.39% | 1.40% | 0.39% |
| 6 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.33% | 2.43% | 0.33% |
| 7 | SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD | 0.27% | 1.03% | 0.27% |
| 8 | Hana Financial Group Inc. | 0.23% | 0.83% | 0.23% |
| 9 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 0.20% | 1.01% | 0.20% |
| 10 | KIA CORPORATION | 0.20% | 1.01% | 0.20% |
| 11 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 0.19% | 1.21% | 0.19% |
| 12 | NAVER Corporation | 0.19% | 0.85% | 0.19% |
Only in AAXJ
863 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 17.21%
- 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%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.94%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.90%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.89%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.84%
Only in EWY
4 total- HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co Ltd 0.21%
- SK Biopharmaceuticals Co Ltd 0.15%
- HANJIN KAL Corp. 0.14%
- LOTTE SHOPPING CO.,LTD. 0.00%
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- AAXJ vs INDA · iShares MSCI India ETF 13.0%
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More comparisons with EWY
- EWY vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 19.5%
- EWY vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 14.9%
- EWY vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 13.5%
- EWY vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 9.8%
- EWY vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 5.7%
- EWY vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 5.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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