ETF comparison
AAXJvsSPEM
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
646 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and SPEM would leave roughly53.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPEM 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with AAXJ vs SPEM.
Top shared holdings
646 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In SPEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | 14.65% | 14.65% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.70% | 2.74% | 2.74% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.70% | 1.79% | 1.79% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 1.82% | 1.21% |
| 5 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 6 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.85% | 0.93% | 0.85% |
| 7 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 8 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.03% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 9 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.50% | 0.82% | 0.50% |
| 10 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.55% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 11 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.48% | 0.53% | 0.48% |
| 12 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.67% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
Only in AAXJ
259 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.6.78%
- SK hynix Inc.4.63%
- AIA Group Limited1.09%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.88%
- 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%
Only in SPEM
2,270 total- Reliance Industries Ltd0.80%
- ICICI Bank Ltd0.71%
- United Microelectronics Corp0.67%
- Al Rajhi Bank0.45%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL0.40%
- Vale SA0.39%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA0.38%
- Naspers Ltd0.37%
- NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands0.37%
- Infosys Ltd0.33%
Open AAXJ or SPEM 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.