AAXJ
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF
The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index.
Fund Basics
Fund sponsor | Barclays Global Investors |
Category | Emerging Market Equities |
Asset class | Equity |
Website | link... |
Inception date | Aug 13, 2008 |
Assets (mns) | $2,514 |
Expense ratio | 69 bp |
Currency | USD |
Sector Breakdown
Fund Structure
Regulation | Open-Ended Fund |
Distributions | Semi-Annually |
Taxation | 1099 |
Stock selection | Market Cap |
Weighting | Market Cap |
Holdings Transparency | Full |
Derivatives-based | No |
Options available | Yes |
Currency hedged | No |
Fund of funds | No |
Top 10 Holdings
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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC | 7.0 % |
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD | 4.7 % |
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD | 4.3 % |
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD. | 3.1 % |
AIA GROUP LTD | 1.7 % |
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD | 1.5 % |
MEITUAN DIANPING | 1.4 % |
INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LTD | 1.0 % |
ICICI BANK LTD | 1.0 % |
PINDUODUO, INC. SPONSORED ADR CLASS A | 1.0 % |
Constituent Breakdown
Number of holdings | 1054 |
Herfindahl-Hirschman Index | 133 |
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns) | $58,644 |
Large cap (>$10bn) | 47.4% |
Mid cap ($2-10bn) | 21.0% |
Small cap (<$2bn) | 0.4% |
Developed mkts. | 16.3% |
Emerging mkts. | 83.7% |
Country Exposure
CHINA | 30.9 % | |
INDIA | 17.1 % | |
TAIWAN | 16.8 % | |
SOUTH KOREA | 14.1 % | |
HONG KONG | 8.3 % | |
SINGAPORE | 3.7 % | |
INDONESIA | 2.3 % | |
THAILAND | 2.1 % | |
MALAYSIA | 1.6 % | |
PHILIPPINES | 0.7 % |
Historical Performance
Standardized Annual Returns (as of 08/31/2023)
YTD | 1 YR | 2 YR | 3 YR | 5 YR | 10 YR | Incep. |
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1.8% | -0.3% | -12.3% | -3.9% | 0.1% | 3.7% | 3.7% |
Market Correlations
versus... | Beta | R-squared |
S&P 500 | 0.59 | 28% |
MSCI EAFE | 0.77 | 50% |
MSCI Emg Mkts | 1.09 | 94% |
Liquidity Measures
Avg. volume (000) | 587 |
Turnover | 1.5% |
Avg. Bid/Ask (% of price) | 0.02% |
ADV of underlying (mns) | $31,576 |
Technical Indicators
Recent close | $63.41 |
30d moving avg. | $65.18 |
Annualized volatility | 20.0% |
Relative strength (RSI) | 40 |
Short interest (ETF) | 2.0% |
Short interest (underlying) | 0.0% |
Distributions
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Long Money Flows (mns)
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Comparable ETFs Based on Overlap
Ticker | Fund Name | Overlap vs. AAXJ |
Expenses vs. AAXJ |
ALTAR Score™ vs. AAXJ |
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FLAX | Franklin FTSE Asia Ex Japan ETF | 88.3% | -50 bp | +0.7% |
EEMA | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF | 87.6% | -20 bp | +0.4% |
DBEM | Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets Hedged Equity ETF | 75.7% | -3 bp | +0.4% |
EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | 74.5% | -1 bp | +0.5% |
BKEM | BNY Mellon Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 72.4% | -58 bp | -3.4% |
GSEE | Goldman Sachs MarketBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 67.8% | -33 bp | +0.7% |
EEMX | SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Fossil Fuel Free ETF | 65.7% | -39 bp | +1.1% |
IEMG | iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | 64.3% | -60 bp | +0.8% |
EMCR | Xtrackers Emerging Markets Carbon Reduction and Climate Impr | 64.0% | -54 bp | +2.1% |
JHEM | John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF | 62.5% | -20 bp | +1.6% |
Risk and Returns: AAXJ vs. Comps (1 YR)
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Results & Estimates
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Return on Equity
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EPS Revision Activity (6 mo. ago = 100%)
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Valuation Metrics
2022 | 2023E | Fwd Est | 2024E | |
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Based on closing prices from 9/28/2023
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ETF Research Center Fund Rating
Our measure of an ETF's overall investment merit
ALTAR Score™
AAXJ
7.3%
Cat. Avg
7.8%
Fund Category: Emerging Market Equities
Avg. Return on Equity | --% |
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV | --x |
Less: Expenses | -- bp |
Equals: ALTAR Score™ | 7.3% |
Recommendation
NEUTRAL
Average appreciation potential. A rating of NEUTRAL is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the middle quintile (ranking between 40%-60%) of their category. This indicates that valuations adequately reflect the fundamentals of stocks in these funds.
Category Overview
There are 186 funds in the Emerging Market Equities category, with an average ALTAR Score™
of 7.8% and a standard deviation of
4.1%. AAXJ's ALTAR Score™ is approximately
0.1 standard deviations
below
the category average. This places AAXJ in the 45th percentile among funds in the category.
Consensus Recommendation
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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Comparison
Expense (bp) (A) |
Avg. Bid/Ask (bp) (B) |
TCO (bp) (A)+(B) |
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AAXJ | 69.0 | 1.8 | 70.8 |
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