ETF comparison
AAXJ vs FNDE
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
203 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and FNDE would leave roughly 35.2% 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
FNDE is 33 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/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 FNDE.
Top shared holdings
203 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In FNDE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 17.21% | 5.86% | 5.86% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.41% | 2.78% | 2.41% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.55% | 1.84% | 1.84% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.46% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 5 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.94% | 2.60% | 0.94% |
| 6 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.89% | 2.71% | 0.89% |
| 7 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.78% | 0.86% | 0.78% |
| 8 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.59% | 1.58% | 0.59% |
| 9 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.75% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 10 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.54% | 0.92% | 0.54% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.84% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 12 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.48% | 0.53% | 0.48% |
Only in AAXJ
737 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.68%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.93%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.12%
- AIA Group Limited 0.99%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.95%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 0.70%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.60%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 0.58%
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.40%
- KB Financial Group Inc. 0.39%
Only in FNDE
144 total- Vale SA 2.58%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.49%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 2.35%
- JD.com Inc 1.51%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Co 0.70%
- Valterra Platinum Ltd 0.67%
- Sasol Ltd 0.66%
- Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 0.64%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.63%
- America Movil SAB de CV 0.59%
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More comparisons with FNDE
- FNDE vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 35.2%
- FNDE vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 34.4%
- FNDE vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 33.9%
- FNDE vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 33.6%
- FNDE vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 27.0%
- FNDE vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 22.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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