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

AAXJ and SCHE share 29.8% of their weight across 116 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 SCHE

29.8%

116 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

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Reported positions cover 97% of the fund, 1,364 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 30.4%·Holdings of SCHE

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

SCHE vs AAXJ side by side

AAXJiShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

784

stock positions reported to the SEC

66.2% of its weight is in 668 names SCHE does not hold

SCHESchwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

1,364

stock positions reported to the SEC

65.3% of its weight is in 1,248 names AAXJ does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
27.8%
23.7%
Financial Services
2.8%
2.6%
Consumer Cyclical
1.8%
2.0%
Basic Materials
0.0%
0.9%
Industrials
0.4%
0.5%
Communication Services
0.4%
0.0%

The widest gap is Technology: AAXJ has 4.1 points more of it.

The figures side by side

AAXJSCHE
Filing dateApr 30, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported7841,364
Weight of the ten largest40.5%30.4%
Largest positionTSM 16.3%TSM 17.1%
Held alone668 positions, 66.2%1,248 positions, 65.3%
Covered by stock positions97%97%

Holdings they share

StockIn AAXJIn SCHECounted
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited16.28%17.06%16.28%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited2.70%2.57%2.57%
RSRELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.88%0.88%0.88%
HDBHDFC BANK LIMITED0.88%0.83%0.83%
IBNICICI BANK LIMITED0.67%0.65%0.65%
ASXASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.0.50%0.59%0.50%
MEITUAN0.51%0.46%0.46%
INFYINFOSYS LIMITED0.39%0.39%0.39%
NTESNETEASE, INC.0.39%0.42%0.39%
BIDUBAIDU, INC.0.33%0.33%0.33%

What each holds alone

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

Only in AAXJ

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.7.62%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.4.63%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED3.70%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.30%
MEDIATEK INC.1.21%
AIAIAIA Group Limited1.09%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION1.05%
DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.85%
XIAOMI CORPORATION0.62%

Only in SCHE

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD3.15%
MEDIATEK INC1.88%
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC1.40%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO LTD1.04%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP0.90%
INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD0.68%
PDDPDD Holdings Inc0.60%
XIAOMI CORP0.57%
VALE SA0.55%
BHARTI AIRTEL LTD0.54%

Questions people ask

Is AAXJ the same as SCHE?

29.8% of their weight sits in the same 116 holdings. AAXJ also reports SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SKHY, TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, which the other does not. SCHE also reports TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD, MEDIATEK INC, DELTA ELECTRONICS INC, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between AAXJ and SCHE 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 97% of SCHE, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, SCHE or AAXJ?

AAXJ reports 784 stock positions and SCHE reports 1,364. 66.2% of AAXJ's weight sits in names SCHE does not hold, and 65.3% of SCHE's weight in names AAXJ does not hold. The ten largest positions are 40.5% of AAXJ and 30.4% of SCHE.

How do AAXJ and SCHE differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: AAXJ has 4.1 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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