ETF comparison
AAXJ vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
847 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and IEMG would leave roughly 69.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 63 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $630/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 IEMG.
Top shared holdings
847 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | 11.41% | 11.41% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.78% | 5.29% | 5.29% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.70% | 3.14% | 3.14% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.63% | 3.01% | 3.01% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.70% | 2.32% | 2.32% |
| 6 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.03% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 8 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.85% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 9 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 10 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 11 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 12 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.84% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
Only in AAXJ
58 total- AIA Group Limited 1.09%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 0.90%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 0.57%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 0.55%
- UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED 0.34%
- SEA LIMITED 0.32%
- SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 0.26%
- SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED 0.25%
- CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.22%
- TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED 0.20%
Only in IEMG
1,826 total- ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.48%
- VALE S.A. 0.46%
- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 0.39%
- Gold Fields Limited 0.39%
- Nu Holdings Ltd 0.38%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.37%
- NASPERS LIMITED 0.32%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 0.29%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 0.29%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.27%
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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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