ETF comparison
AAXJ vs PXH
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
214 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and PXH would leave roughly 38.5% 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
PXH is 25 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 PXH.
Top shared holdings
214 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In PXH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 17.21% | 6.18% | 6.18% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.41% | 3.31% | 2.41% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.55% | 2.24% | 2.24% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.46% | 1.67% | 1.46% |
| 5 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.94% | 2.71% | 0.94% |
| 6 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.89% | 2.57% | 0.89% |
| 7 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.78% | 0.92% | 0.78% |
| 8 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.84% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 9 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.75% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 10 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.59% | 1.96% | 0.59% |
| 11 | MEITUAN | 0.55% | 0.58% | 0.55% |
| 12 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.54% | 0.81% | 0.54% |
Only in AAXJ
726 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 PXH
144 total- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. PETROBRAS 4.20%
- Vale S.A. 2.28%
- JD.com, Inc. 1.86%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.71%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Co. 0.64%
- Banco Bradesco S.A. 0.56%
- Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.56%
- Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.54%
- Valterra Platinum Ltd. 0.54%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.53%
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More comparisons with PXH
- PXH vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 36.8%
- PXH vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 34.8%
- PXH vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 33.3%
- PXH vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 32.6%
- PXH vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 30.5%
- PXH vs FXI · iShares China Large-Cap ETF 24.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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