ETF comparison
AAXJ vs EMXC
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF
Holdings overlap
378 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and EMXC would leave roughly 67.6% 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
EMXC is 47 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/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 EMXC.
Top shared holdings
378 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In EMXC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 17.21% | 18.92% | 17.21% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.68% | 9.02% | 7.68% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.93% | 6.83% | 5.93% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.46% | 1.82% | 1.46% |
| 5 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.95% | 1.10% | 0.95% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 1.15% | 0.90% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.89% | 0.98% | 0.89% |
| 8 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.84% | 0.87% | 0.84% |
| 9 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.78% | 0.82% | 0.78% |
| 10 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.75% | 0.83% | 0.75% |
| 11 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.60% | 0.70% | 0.60% |
| 12 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.54% | 0.63% | 0.54% |
Only in AAXJ
562 total- Tencent Holdings Limited 3.55%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.41%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.12%
- AIA Group Limited 0.99%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.94%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 0.70%
- XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.59%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.59%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 0.58%
- MEITUAN 0.55%
Only in EMXC
238 total- ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.58%
- VALE S.A. 0.54%
- Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.54%
- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 0.53%
- Gold Fields Limited 0.42%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.42%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.42%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.42%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.39%
- NASPERS LIMITED 0.38%
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- AAXJ vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 60.8%
- AAXJ vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 53.8%
- AAXJ vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 42.7%
More comparisons with EMXC
- EMXC vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 64.4%
- EMXC vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 59.2%
- EMXC vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 57.6%
- EMXC vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 57.1%
- EMXC vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 50.9%
- EMXC vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 42.1%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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