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AAXJ vs AVES

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
13.7 %

238 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and AVES would leave roughly 13.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AAXJ unmatched 86.0% Shared 13.7% AVES unmatched 84.9%

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.

In AAXJ only
702 positions
Shared
238 positions
In AVES only
1,710 positions

Side by side

AAXJ

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares · International Emerging

55 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.72%
Net assets
$3.61B
TTM yield
1.48%
Top-10 conc.
42.2%
AVES

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF

Avantis · International Emerging

71 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.36%
Net assets
$1.45B
TTM yield
3.73%
Top-10 conc.
10.9%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
64
78
Tax efficiency
73
81
Liquidity
64
54
Concentration
99
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Tracking quality
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AAXJ sub-score AVES

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

Cost difference

AVES is 36 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/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 AVES.

Top shared holdings

238 shared in total
# Holding In AAXJ In AVES Overlap
1 United Microelectronics Corporation 0.40% 0.72% 0.40%
2 ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. 0.39% 0.56% 0.39%
3 Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.31% 1.20% 0.31%
4 CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.30% 0.62% 0.30%
5 MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED 0.29% 0.33% 0.29%
6 BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED 0.28% 0.29% 0.28%
7 Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.28% 0.91% 0.28%
8 LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED 0.26% 0.33% 0.26%
9 Hana Financial Group Inc. 0.23% 1.22% 0.23%
10 TS Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.22% 0.72% 0.22%
11 HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. 0.20% 0.44% 0.20%
12 KIA CORPORATION 0.20% 0.86% 0.20%

Only in AAXJ

702 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 17.21%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.68%
  • SK hynix Inc. 5.93%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 3.55%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.41%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.46%
  • DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.12%
  • AIA Group Limited 0.99%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.95%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.94%

Only in AVES

1,710 total
  • ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 1.41%
  • Vale SA 0.97%
  • Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.94%
  • KB Financial Group Inc 0.91%
  • United Integrated Services Co Ltd 0.66%
  • LG Innotek Co Ltd 0.56%
  • Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV 0.48%
  • Emaar Properties PJSC 0.47%
  • Standard Bank Group Ltd 0.46%
  • NetEase Inc 0.45%

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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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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