ETF comparison
AAXJ vs ESGE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF
Holdings overlap
218 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and ESGE would leave roughly 60.8% 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
ESGE 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 ESGE.
Top shared holdings
218 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In ESGE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 17.21% | 15.08% | 15.08% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 7.68% | 7.25% | 7.25% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 5.93% | 5.55% | 5.55% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.55% | 2.56% | 2.56% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.41% | 1.71% | 1.71% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.46% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 7 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.95% | 0.94% | 0.94% |
| 8 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.94% | 1.19% | 0.94% |
| 9 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 1.09% | 0.90% |
| 10 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.84% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 11 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.89% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 12 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 0.60% | 0.65% | 0.60% |
Only in AAXJ
722 total- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.12%
- AIA Group Limited 0.99%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 0.70%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 0.58%
- BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.54%
- PDD Holdings Inc. 0.48%
- UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED 0.38%
- SEA LIMITED 0.38%
- Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.31%
- LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED 0.26%
Only in ESGE
69 total- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 0.82%
- Gold Fields Limited 0.58%
- NEPI ROCKCASTLE N.V. 0.57%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.54%
- Allegro.eu SA 0.54%
- ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.48%
- Saudi Telecom Company SJSC 0.47%
- VODACOM GROUP LIMITED 0.46%
- B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao 0.45%
- VALTERRA PLATINUM LIMITED 0.44%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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