ETF comparison
AAXJ vs VWO
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Holdings overlap
750 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and VWO would leave roughly 60.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VWO is 66 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $660/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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
750 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | 14.61% | 14.61% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.70% | 3.26% | 3.26% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.70% | 2.55% | 2.55% |
| 4 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 5 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 6 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.90% | 0.88% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.03% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 8 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.88% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 9 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.85% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 10 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.67% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 11 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.67% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 12 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.62% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
Only in AAXJ
155 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.78%
- SK hynix Inc. 4.63%
- AIA Group Limited 1.09%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 0.90%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.84%
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 0.57%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 0.55%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.51%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.46%
- KB Financial Group Inc. 0.38%
Only in VWO
4,240 total- Vale SA 0.51%
- Al Rajhi Bank 0.47%
- Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.40%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Co 0.38%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA 0.38%
- Naspers Ltd 0.36%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA 0.36%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.35%
- Gold Fields Ltd 0.33%
- Kuwait Finance House KSCP 0.29%
Open AAXJ or VWO at a brokerage
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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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.