ETF comparison
AAXJvsSCHE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
760 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and SCHE would leave roughly67.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCHE is 66 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $660/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 SCHE.
Top shared holdings
760 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In SCHE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | 17.06% | 16.28% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.70% | 3.15% | 3.15% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.70% | 2.57% | 2.57% |
| 4 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 1.40% | 1.30% |
| 5 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 1.88% | 1.21% |
| 6 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.03% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 7 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 8 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.85% | 1.04% | 0.85% |
| 9 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 10 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.67% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 11 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.67% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 12 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.62% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
Only in AAXJ
145 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.6.78%
- SK hynix Inc.4.63%
- AIA Group Limited1.09%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.84%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited0.57%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED0.55%
- SK Square Co., Ltd.0.51%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY0.46%
- KB Financial Group Inc.0.38%
Only in SCHE
1,416 total- Vale SA0.55%
- State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund0.52%
- Al Rajhi Bank0.49%
- Anglogold Ashanti Plc0.45%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Co0.41%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA0.41%
- Naspers Ltd0.37%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras0.35%
- Gold Fields Ltd0.33%
- Grupo Mexico SAB de CV0.33%
Open AAXJ or SCHE at a brokerage
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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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.