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

AAXJ and EWY share 21.8% of their weight across 73 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 EWY

21.8%

73 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

EWY

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

Reported positions cover 99% of the fund, 77 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 69.7%·Holdings of EWY

Reported positions cover AAXJ 97%, EWY 99% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

EWY vs AAXJ side by side

AAXJiShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

838

stock positions reported to the SEC

75.1% of its weight is in 765 names EWY does not hold

EWYiShares MSCI South Korea ETF

77

stock positions reported to the SEC

0.7% of its weight is in 4 names AAXJ does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
30.2%
31.1%
Financial Services
2.9%
3.0%
Consumer Cyclical
1.8%
0.0%
Communication Services
0.4%
0.9%
Basic Materials
0.0%
0.8%
Industrials
0.5%
0.0%

The widest gap is Consumer Cyclical: AAXJ has 1.8 points more of it.

The figures side by side

AAXJEWY
Filing dateJul 31, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported83877
Weight of the ten largest43.2%69.7%
Largest positionTSM 17.2%SKHY 30.9%
Held alone765 positions, 75.1%4 positions, 0.7%
Covered by stock positions97%99%

Holdings they share

StockIn AAXJIn EWYCounted
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.8.63%23.94%8.63%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.5.93%30.85%5.93%
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.0.60%3.08%0.60%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD0.40%3.42%0.40%
KBKB Financial Group Inc.0.39%1.40%0.39%
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY0.33%2.43%0.33%
SHGSHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD0.27%1.03%0.27%
HANA FINANCIAL GROUP INCHana Financial Group Inc.0.23%0.83%0.23%
HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.0.20%1.01%0.20%
KIA CORPKIA CORPORATION0.20%1.01%0.20%

What each holds alone

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

Only in AAXJ

TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited17.21%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED3.55%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited2.41%
MEDIATEK INC.1.46%
DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD1.12%
AIAIAIA Group Limited0.99%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.96%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.0.90%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.89%
HDBHDFC BANK LIMITED0.84%

Only in EWY

HLB INCHLB INC.0.24%
HD HYUNDAI MARINE SOLUTION CO LTD0.21%
SK BIOPHARMACEUTICALS CO LTD0.15%
HANJIN KAL CORPHANJIN KAL Corp.0.14%

Questions people ask

Is AAXJ the same as EWY?

21.8% of their weight sits in the same 73 holdings. AAXJ also reports TSM, TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, BABA, which the other does not. EWY also reports HLB INC, HD HYUNDAI MARINE SOLUTION CO LTD, SK BIOPHARMACEUTICALS CO LTD, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between AAXJ and EWY 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 99% of EWY, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, EWY or AAXJ?

AAXJ reports 838 stock positions and EWY reports 77. 75.1% of AAXJ's weight sits in names EWY does not hold, and 0.7% of EWY's weight in names AAXJ does not hold. The ten largest positions are 43.2% of AAXJ and 69.7% of EWY.

How do AAXJ and EWY differ by sector?

The widest gap is Consumer Cyclical: AAXJ has 1.8 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.

Add a third fund in the tool·All fund pairs

Descriptive data from public SEC filings. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund or stock, and holdings change between filings.