ETF comparison
AAXJvsMCHI
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI China ETF
Holdings overlap
455 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and MCHI would leave roughly25.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
MCHI 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with AAXJ vs MCHI.
Top shared holdings
455 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In MCHI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.70% | 13.21% | 3.70% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.70% | 10.14% | 2.70% |
| 3 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.03% | 3.97% | 1.03% |
| 4 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.67% | 2.28% | 0.67% |
| 5 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.62% | 2.35% | 0.62% |
| 6 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.55% | 2.10% | 0.55% |
| 7 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.51% | 1.96% | 0.51% |
| 8 | MEITUAN | 0.51% | 1.84% | 0.51% |
| 9 | BYD COMPANY LIMITED | 0.46% | 1.63% | 0.46% |
| 10 | BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.43% | 1.80% | 0.43% |
| 11 | NETEASE, INC. | 0.39% | 1.63% | 0.39% |
| 12 | JD.COM, INC. | 0.35% | 1.31% | 0.35% |
Only in AAXJ
450 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited16.28%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.6.78%
- SK hynix Inc.4.63%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.30%
- MediaTek Inc.1.21%
- AIA Group Limited1.09%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED0.88%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.88%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.85%
Only in MCHI
121 total- Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co Ltd0.06%
- Hengtong Optic-Electric CO.,LTD0.06%
- Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd.0.06%
- Piotech Inc0.06%
- Biwin Storage Technology Co Ltd0.06%
- China Tungsten and Hightech Materials Co., Ltd.0.05%
- Shenzhen Techwinsemi Technology Co Ltd0.05%
- Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology Co Ltd0.05%
- Hangzhou Changchuan Technology Co Ltd0.05%
- Sharetronic Data Technology Co Ltd0.04%
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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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