ETF comparison
AAXJvsIEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
857 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and IEMG would leave roughly70.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 63 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $630/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with AAXJ vs IEMG.
Top shared holdings
857 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | 12.49% | 12.49% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.78% | 6.80% | 6.78% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.63% | 5.82% | 4.63% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.70% | 2.37% | 2.37% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.70% | 1.82% | 1.82% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 1.42% | 1.21% |
| 7 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 8 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.85% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 9 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.84% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 10 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.03% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 12 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
Only in AAXJ
48 total- AIA Group Limited1.09%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited0.57%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED0.55%
- UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED0.34%
- SEA LIMITED0.32%
- SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED0.26%
- SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED0.25%
- CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED0.22%
- TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED0.20%
Only in IEMG
1,810 total- VALE S.A.0.41%
- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC0.36%
- ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC0.33%
- Nu Holdings Ltd.0.31%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company0.30%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.0.29%
- NASPERS LIMITED0.28%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.0.26%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.26%
- Gold Fields Limited0.24%
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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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