ETF comparison
AAXJ vs EWY
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
Holdings overlap
79 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and EWY would leave roughly 20.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
79 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In EWY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.78% | 29.30% | 6.78% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.63% | 19.91% | 4.63% |
| 3 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.51% | 2.25% | 0.51% |
| 4 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.46% | 3.22% | 0.46% |
| 5 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.38% | 2.08% | 0.38% |
| 6 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 0.37% | 1.72% | 0.37% |
| 7 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.31% | 0.95% | 0.31% |
| 8 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 0.30% | 1.46% | 0.30% |
| 9 | SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD | 0.28% | 1.46% | 0.28% |
| 10 | SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. | 0.27% | 1.06% | 0.27% |
| 11 | Hana Financial Group Inc. | 0.23% | 1.24% | 0.23% |
| 12 | KIA CORPORATION | 0.23% | 1.73% | 0.23% |
Only in AAXJ
826 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 16.28%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 3.70%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.70%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.30%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.21%
- AIA Group Limited 1.09%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 1.03%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 0.90%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.88%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.88%
Only in EWY
5 total- BlackRock Funds III 2.15%
- Coway Co Ltd 0.17%
- Doosan Bobcat Inc 0.15%
- LG H&H Co Ltd 0.10%
- Lotte Shopping Co Ltd 0.00%
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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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