ETF comparison
AAXJ vs AVEM
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
493 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and AVEM would leave roughly 42.7% 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
AVEM is 39 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $390/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 AVEM.
Top shared holdings
493 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In AVEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 17.21% | 5.72% | 5.72% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.93% | 5.57% | 5.57% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.55% | 1.64% | 1.64% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.46% | 0.94% | 0.94% |
| 5 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.94% | 0.92% | 0.92% |
| 6 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.89% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 7 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 8 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 9 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.48% | 0.49% | 0.48% |
| 10 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.46% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 11 | BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.45% | 0.55% | 0.45% |
| 12 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.84% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
Only in AAXJ
447 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.68%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.41%
- 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%
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.54%
Only in AVEM
3,494 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.18%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.14%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.75%
- ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.51%
- KB Financial Group Inc 0.50%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.50%
- NetEase Inc 0.49%
- Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.49%
- Vale SA 0.45%
- Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.44%
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- AAXJ vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 25.0%
- AAXJ vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 24.2%
- AAXJ vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 24.0%
More comparisons with AVEM
- AVEM vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 42.1%
- AVEM vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 37.6%
- AVEM vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 35.1%
- AVEM vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 34.9%
- AVEM vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 33.6%
- AVEM vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 23.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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