ETF comparison
AAXJ vs IXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
835 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and IXUS would leave roughly 25.0% 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
IXUS is 65 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $650/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 IXUS.
Top shared holdings
835 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 17.21% | 4.29% | 4.29% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.68% | 1.92% | 1.92% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.93% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.55% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.41% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.46% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 7 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 1.12% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 8 | AIA Group Limited | 0.99% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 9 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.95% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 10 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.94% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 11 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 12 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.89% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
Only in AAXJ
105 total- TMBTHANACHART BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED 0.02%
- Caitong Securities Co., Ltd. 0.01%
- Himile Mechanical Science and Technology Shandong Co Ltd 0.01%
- ZHESHANG SECURITIES CO.,LTD. 0.01%
- BANK OF HANGZHOU CO., LTD. 0.01%
- GUOSEN SECURITIES CO., LTD. 0.01%
- Anker Innovations Technology Co., Ltd 0.01%
- INNER MONGOLIA DIAN TOU ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED 0.01%
- Yunnan Aluminium Co., Ltd. 0.01%
- ORIENT SECURITIES COMPANY LIMITED 0.01%
Only in IXUS
3,654 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
- Roche Holding AG 0.72%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Novartis AG 0.68%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
- Nestle S.A. 0.60%
- SHELL PLC 0.60%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.57%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.56%
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More comparisons with IXUS
- IXUS vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 24.1%
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- IXUS vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 23.2%
- IXUS vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 22.7%
- IXUS vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 22.0%
- IXUS vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 21.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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