ETF comparison
AAXJ vs MCHI
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI China ETF
Holdings overlap
519 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and MCHI would leave roughly 24.2% 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
MCHI is 13 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 MCHI.
Top shared holdings
519 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In MCHI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.55% | 13.93% | 3.55% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.41% | 9.42% | 2.41% |
| 3 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.94% | 4.00% | 0.94% |
| 4 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.59% | 2.37% | 0.59% |
| 5 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.59% | 2.47% | 0.59% |
| 6 | MEITUAN | 0.55% | 1.98% | 0.55% |
| 7 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.48% | 1.87% | 0.48% |
| 8 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.46% | 1.84% | 0.46% |
| 9 | BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.45% | 1.97% | 0.45% |
| 10 | NETEASE, INC. | 0.44% | 1.68% | 0.44% |
| 11 | BYD COMPANY LIMITED | 0.41% | 1.60% | 0.41% |
| 12 | JD.COM, INC. | 0.36% | 1.27% | 0.36% |
Only in AAXJ
421 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 17.21%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.68%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.93%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.46%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.12%
- AIA Group Limited 0.99%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.95%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.90%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.89%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.84%
Only in MCHI
55 total- Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology Co Ltd 0.07%
- Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company 0.05%
- Skyverse Technology Co Ltd 0.05%
- Hwatsing Technology Co Ltd 0.05%
- Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor Limited 0.04%
- Shenzhen Techwinsemi Technology Co Ltd 0.04%
- Suzhou Centec Communications Co., Ltd. 0.04%
- RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co Ltd 0.04%
- Raytron Technology Co., Ltd. 0.04%
- Shengyi Electronics Co Ltd 0.03%
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- MCHI vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 16.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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