ETF comparison
AAXJ vs FXI
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares China Large-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and FXI would leave roughly 14.9% 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
AAXJ is 1 bps cheaper than FXI. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for FXI.
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 FXI.
Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In FXI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.55% | 8.93% | 3.55% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.41% | 9.36% | 2.41% |
| 3 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.94% | 8.85% | 0.94% |
| 4 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.59% | 5.09% | 0.59% |
| 5 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.59% | 6.16% | 0.59% |
| 6 | MEITUAN | 0.55% | 5.13% | 0.55% |
| 7 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.46% | 3.85% | 0.46% |
| 8 | BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.45% | 3.78% | 0.45% |
| 9 | NETEASE, INC. | 0.44% | 3.85% | 0.44% |
| 10 | BYD COMPANY LIMITED | 0.41% | 3.51% | 0.41% |
| 11 | JD.COM, INC. | 0.36% | 3.22% | 0.36% |
| 12 | BAIDU, INC. | 0.28% | 2.36% | 0.28% |
Only in AAXJ
894 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 17.21%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.68%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.93%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.46%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.12%
- AIA Group Limited 0.99%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.95%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.90%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.89%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.84%
Only in FXI
4 total- Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co.,Ltd 0.13%
- CHINA EVERBRIGHT BANK COMPANY LIMITED 0.10%
- GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc 0.10%
- S.F. Holding Co., Ltd. 0.08%
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- FXI vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 14.7%
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- FXI vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 12.2%
- FXI vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 12.2%
- FXI vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 11.9%
- FXI vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 10.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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