ETF comparison
AAXJ vs SPEM
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
665 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and SPEM would leave roughly 53.8% 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
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 the cost calculator pre-filled with AAXJ vs SPEM.
Top shared holdings
665 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In SPEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 17.21% | 14.65% | 14.65% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.55% | 2.74% | 2.74% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.41% | 1.79% | 1.79% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.46% | 1.82% | 1.46% |
| 5 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 1.13% | 0.90% |
| 6 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.89% | 0.93% | 0.89% |
| 7 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.84% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 8 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.94% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 9 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.54% | 0.82% | 0.54% |
| 10 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.54% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 11 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 12 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.48% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
Only in AAXJ
275 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%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.78%
- 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%
Only in SPEM
2,250 total- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.71%
- United Microelectronics Corp 0.67%
- Al Rajhi Bank 0.45%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.40%
- Vale SA 0.39%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.38%
- Naspers Ltd 0.37%
- NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands 0.37%
- Infosys Ltd 0.33%
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- AAXJ vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 29.5%
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More comparisons with SPEM
- SPEM vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 50.1%
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- SPEM vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 42.9%
- SPEM vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 41.4%
- SPEM vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 40.3%
- SPEM vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 28.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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