ETF comparison
AAXJ vs FNDE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
204 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and FNDE would leave roughly 35.0% 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
FNDE is 33 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/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 FNDE.
Top shared holdings
204 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In FNDE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 17.21% | 6.48% | 6.48% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.41% | 2.72% | 2.41% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.55% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.46% | 1.80% | 1.46% |
| 5 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.94% | 2.38% | 0.94% |
| 6 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.89% | 3.31% | 0.89% |
| 7 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.78% | 0.80% | 0.78% |
| 8 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 9 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.59% | 1.28% | 0.59% |
| 10 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.54% | 1.20% | 0.54% |
| 11 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.46% | 1.11% | 0.46% |
| 12 | BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.45% | 1.19% | 0.45% |
Only in AAXJ
736 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.68%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.93%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.12%
- AIA Group Limited 0.99%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.95%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 0.70%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.60%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 0.58%
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.40%
- KB Financial Group Inc. 0.39%
Only in FNDE
150 total- Vale SA 3.03%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.48%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.34%
- JD.com Inc 1.38%
- Sasol Ltd 0.90%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Co 0.74%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.68%
- America Movil SAB de CV 0.68%
- Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 0.66%
- MTN Group Ltd 0.62%
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- AAXJ vs EWY · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF 21.0%
- AAXJ vs FXI · iShares China Large-Cap ETF 14.9%
More comparisons with FNDE
- FNDE vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 34.2%
- FNDE vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 34.1%
- FNDE vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 31.5%
- FNDE vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 25.2%
- FNDE vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 24.3%
- FNDE vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 19.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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