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AAXJ vs ASHR

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.9 %

244 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and ASHR would leave roughly 3.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AAXJ only 95.8% Shared 3.9% ASHR only 32.3%
In AAXJ only
661 positions
Shared
244 positions
In ASHR only
41 positions

Holdings data for ASHR covers 36.2% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Side by side

AAXJ

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares · International Emerging

56 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.72%
Net assets
$3.97B
TTM yield
1.36%
Top-10 conc.
39.6%
ASHR

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

DWS · International Emerging

59 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.65%
Net assets
$1.64B
TTM yield
2.14%
Top-10 conc.
16.5%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
35
78
Tax efficiency
76
83
Liquidity
66
58
Concentration
91
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Tracking quality
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AAXJ sub-score ASHR

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

ASHR is 7 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/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 ASHR.

Top shared holdings

244 shared in total
# Holding In AAXJ In ASHR Overlap
1 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. 0.17% 1.11% 0.17%
2 Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. 0.14% 1.03% 0.14%
3 Zhongji Innolight Co Ltd 0.08% 0.26% 0.08%
4 Foxconn Industrial Internet Co., Ltd. 0.07% 0.43% 0.07%
5 China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. 0.07% 0.55% 0.07%
6 Cambricon Technologies Corp Ltd 0.07% 0.16% 0.07%
7 Zijin Mining Group Company Limited 0.07% 0.90% 0.07%
8 Hygon Information Technology Co Ltd 0.06% 0.15% 0.06%
9 Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.06% 1.00% 0.06%
10 China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd. 0.05% 0.39% 0.05%
11 BYD COMPANY LIMITED 0.05% 0.28% 0.05%
12 AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.05% 0.26% 0.05%

Only in AAXJ

661 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 16.28%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.78%
  • SK hynix Inc. 4.63%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 3.70%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.70%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.30%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.21%
  • AIA Group Limited 1.09%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 1.03%
  • DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 0.90%

Only in ASHR

41 total
  • Sailun Group Co Ltd. 0.17%
  • Beijing Compass Technology Development Co Ltd 0.17%
  • Isoftstone Information Technology 0.16%
  • Loongson Technology Corp Ltd. 0.13%
  • Beijing Roborock Technology Co Ltd 0.12%
  • Beijing Enlight Media Co Ltd. 0.12%
  • China Railway Signal & Communication Corp Ltd. 0.11%
  • Anker Innovations Technology Co Ltd. 0.10%
  • CSI Solar Co Ltd. 0.09%
  • Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd. 0.09%

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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/.

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