ETF comparison
AAXJ vs VEA
International Emerging vs International Developed.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
121 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and VEA would leave roughly 8.2% 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
VEA is 69 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $690/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
121 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.68% | 1.55% | 1.55% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.93% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 3 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.95% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 4 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 1.12% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 5 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.60% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 6 | AIA Group Limited | 0.99% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 7 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.40% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 8 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 0.70% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 9 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 0.58% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.33% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 11 | UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED | 0.38% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 12 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.39% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
Only in AAXJ
819 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 17.21%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 3.55%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.41%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.46%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.94%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.90%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.89%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.84%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.78%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.75%
Only in VEA
3,741 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
- Siemens AG 0.73%
- Shell PLC 0.67%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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