ETF comparison
ASHR vs VWO
Both International Emerging.
Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
282 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ASHR and VWO would leave roughly 1.2% 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.
Holdings data for ASHR covers 37.2% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VWO is 59 bps cheaper than ASHR. On a $100,000 position that's about $590/yr more in fees for ASHR.
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 ASHR vs VWO.
Top shared holdings
282 shared in total| # | Holding | In ASHR | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KWEICHOW MOUTAI COMPANY LTD | 0.91% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 2 | CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD | 1.34% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 3 | ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT CO LTD | 0.55% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 4 | CHINA MERCHANTS BANK COMPANY LTD | 0.52% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 5 | CHINA YANGTZE POWER CO LTD | 0.41% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 6 | ADVANCED MICRO-FABRICATION EQUIPMENT INC | 0.16% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 7 | ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO LTD | 0.68% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 8 | MONTAGE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD | 0.45% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 9 | SUZHOU DONGSHAN PRECISION MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD | 1.05% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 10 | CHAOZHOU THREE CIRCLE GROUP CO LTD | 0.25% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 11 | SHENNAN CIRCUITS CO LTD | 0.10% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 12 | HYGON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD | 0.17% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in ASHR
3 total- MIDEA GROUP CO LTD 0.26%
- CHINA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 0.09%
- SIEYUAN ELECTRIC CO LTD 0.06%
Only in VWO
4,698 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.56%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
- MediaTek Inc 1.36%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
- Delta Electronics Inc 0.82%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.81%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
- HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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