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

AAXJ and EWH share 3.8% of their weight across 23 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 EWH

3.8%

23 shared positions

AAXJ

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Reported positions cover 97% of the fund, 784 positions · Apr 30, 2026

Top 10: 40.5%·Holdings of AAXJ

EWH

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

Reported positions cover 88% of the fund, 23 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 66.5%·Holdings of EWH

Reported positions cover AAXJ 97%, EWH 88% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

EWH vs AAXJ side by side

AAXJiShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

784

stock positions reported to the SEC

92.9% of its weight is in 761 names EWH does not hold

EWHiShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

23

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
27.8%
26.9%
Financial Services
2.8%
0.0%
Consumer Cyclical
1.8%
0.0%
Communication Services
0.4%
0.0%
Industrials
0.4%
0.0%

The widest gap is Financial Services: AAXJ has 2.8 points more of it.

The figures side by side

AAXJEWH
Filing dateApr 30, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported78423
Weight of the ten largest40.5%66.5%
Largest positionTSM 16.3%AIAI 22.9%
Held alone761 positions, 92.9%0 positions, 0.0%
Covered by stock positions97%88%

Holdings they share

StockIn AAXJIn EWHCounted
AIAIAIA Group Limited1.09%22.85%1.09%
HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING LIMITED0.57%11.19%0.57%
SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED0.25%4.47%0.25%
CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED0.22%6.01%0.22%
BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED0.20%5.05%0.20%
TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED0.20%4.34%0.20%
CLPSCLP HOLDINGS LIMITED0.15%4.07%0.15%
CK ASSET HOLDINGS LIMITED0.12%3.03%0.12%
JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED0.11%2.31%0.11%
POWER ASSETS HOLDINGS LIMITED0.11%2.79%0.11%

What each holds alone

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

Only in AAXJ

TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited16.28%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.7.62%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.4.63%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED3.70%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited2.70%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.30%
MEDIATEK INC.1.21%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION1.05%
DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%
HDBHDFC BANK LIMITED0.88%

Only in EWH

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

Questions people ask

Is AAXJ the same as EWH?

3.8% of their weight sits in the same 23 holdings. AAXJ also reports TSM, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SKHY, which the other does not. Among its reported positions, EWH holds nothing the other does not also hold.

How is the overlap between AAXJ and EWH 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 88% of EWH, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, EWH or AAXJ?

AAXJ reports 784 stock positions and EWH reports 23. 92.9% of AAXJ's weight sits in names EWH does not hold, and 0.0% of EWH's weight in names AAXJ does not hold. The ten largest positions are 40.5% of AAXJ and 66.5% of EWH.

How do AAXJ and EWH differ by sector?

The widest gap is Financial Services: AAXJ has 2.8 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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