AAXJ vs AIA overlap - what they share and where they differ

AAXJ and AIA share 57.2% of their weight across 50 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

AAXJ and AIA

57.2%

50 shared positions

AAXJ

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Reported positions cover 97% of the fund, 838 positions · Jul 31, 2026

Top 10: 43.2%·Holdings of AAXJ

AIA

iShares Asia 50 ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 50 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 69.0%·Holdings of AIA

Reported positions cover AAXJ 97%, AIA 100% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

AIA vs AAXJ side by side

AAXJiShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

838

stock positions reported to the SEC

39.0% of its weight is in 788 names AIA does not hold

AIAiShares Asia 50 ETF

50

stock positions reported to the SEC

0.0% of its weight is in 0 names AAXJ does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

AAXJ
AIA
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
30.2%
40.2%
Financial Services
2.9%
1.3%
Consumer Cyclical
1.8%
0.7%
Industrials
0.5%
0.0%
Healthcare
0.0%
0.4%
Communication Services
0.4%
0.0%

The widest gap is Technology: AIA has 10.1 points more of it.

The figures side by side

AAXJAIA
Filing dateJul 31, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Stock positions reported83850
Weight of the ten largest43.2%69.0%
Largest positionTSM 17.2%TSM 24.1%
Held alone788 positions, 39.0%0 positions, 0.0%
Covered by stock positions97%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn AAXJIn AIACounted
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited17.21%24.09%17.21%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.8.63%19.00%8.63%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.5.93%5.34%5.34%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED3.55%4.38%3.55%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited2.41%3.50%2.41%
MEDIATEK INC.1.46%4.34%1.46%
DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD1.12%1.92%1.12%
AIAIAIA Group Limited0.99%1.95%0.99%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.96%2.03%0.96%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.0.90%2.40%0.90%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in AAXJ

HDBHDFC BANK LIMITED0.84%
RSRELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.78%
IBNICICI BANK LIMITED0.75%
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED0.54%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD0.40%
ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.0.39%
INFYINFOSYS LIMITED0.34%
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION0.31%
INTRInternational Games System Co Ltd0.30%
MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED0.29%

Only in AIA

Nothing among its reported positions that the others do not also hold.

Questions people ask

Is AAXJ the same as AIA?

57.2% of their weight sits in the same 50 holdings. AAXJ also reports HDB, RS, IBN, which the other does not. Among its reported positions, AIA holds nothing the other does not also hold.

How is the overlap between AAXJ and AIA measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 97% of AAXJ and 100% of AIA, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, AIA or AAXJ?

AAXJ reports 838 stock positions and AIA reports 50. 39.0% of AAXJ's weight sits in names AIA does not hold, and 0.0% of AIA's weight in names AAXJ does not hold. The ten largest positions are 43.2% of AAXJ and 69.0% of AIA.

How do AAXJ and AIA differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: AIA has 10.1 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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