Fund · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · measured from SEC filings
AAXJ holdings
AAXJ reports 953 holdings and behaves like 23.5 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-07-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-07-31Read this figure with the following in mind
3.7% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 22.6
The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.
Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 6.28% at a quoted market price (level 1), 15 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-07-31AAXJ's largest investment is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd at 16.28% of net assets. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and SK Hynix Inc follow; the three together are 27.69%. Ten companies are 42.1% of the fund; the other 943 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, AAXJ behaves like 23.5 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 1.8 times more concentrated than the median. Across 27 quarterly filings AAXJ has become more concentrated: it behaved like 78.2 at 2019-10-31 and 27 at 2026-04-30. Between the 2026-01-31 and 2026-04-30 filings 18 positions were added and 28 dropped; 10.3% of the weight moved. Taiwan is the largest country at 28.19% of the portfolio, across 15 countries in the filing.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-10-31 and 2026-04-30, AAXJ went from behaving like 78.2 equally weighted positions to 27 — 66% fewer, while its top ten went from 28.39% to 39.45% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 917 | 27 | 39.45% | 16.21% |
| 2026-01-31 | 927 | 33.6 | 37.03% | 14% |
| 2025-10-31 | 934 | 37.1 | 35.23% | 13.21% |
| 2025-07-31 | 923 | 44.4 | 32.07% | 11.95% |
| 2025-04-30 | 922 | 54.7 | 30.14% | 9.98% |
| 2025-01-31 | 945 | 46.9 | 29.99% | 11.96% |
| 2024-10-31 | 955 | 52.2 | 29.41% | 11.03% |
| 2024-07-31 | 992 | 52.5 | 29.52% | 10.81% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-10-31)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | 1,013 | 61.8 | 28.25% | 9.41% |
| 2024-01-31 | 1,049 | 69.7 | 27.41% | 8.54% |
| 2023-10-31 | 1,055 | 75.9 | 27.13% | 7.36% |
| 2023-07-31 | 1,047 | 76.3 | 27.19% | 7.17% |
| 2023-04-30 | 1,035 | 78.9 | 27.08% | 7.03% |
| 2023-01-31 | 1,032 | 74.8 | 28.03% | 7.15% |
| 2022-10-31 | 1,042 | 92.8 | 25.44% | 6.28% |
| 2022-07-31 | 1,043 | 79.6 | 26.95% | 7.31% |
| 2022-04-30 | 1,063 | 74.8 | 27.84% | 7.46% |
| 2022-01-31 | 1,062 | 63 | 29.92% | 8.37% |
| 2021-10-31 | 1,073 | 67.3 | 29.55% | 7.51% |
| 2021-07-31 | 1,077 | 64.1 | 29.96% | 7.35% |
| 2021-04-30 | 1,071 | 56.3 | 32.09% | 7.18% |
| 2021-01-31 | 1,063 | 50 | 34.21% | 7.23% |
| 2020-10-31 | 1,089 | 43 | 36.22% | 9.71% |
| 2020-07-31 | 1,089 | 48.9 | 34.27% | 8.41% |
| 2020-04-30 | 1,105 | 58.7 | 31.64% | 7.47% |
| 2020-01-31 | 1,109 | 65.3 | 30.36% | 6.91% |
| 2019-10-31 | 886 | 78.2 | 28.39% | 5.27% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
As filed, collateral included
3.68% collateralAAXJ's filing lists 954 positions including 3.68% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 22.6 effective holdings with a top ten of 44.98%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 23.5 with a top ten of 42.1%. The collateral is matched by a liability and is not a holding the fund chose; since 2026-09-18 every figure on this site sets it aside (methodology). Both numbers are in the data.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-04-30The 15 largest of 953 positions in AAXJ's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: AAXJ.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.21% | 16.2% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.75% | 23.0% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.61% | 27.6% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.68% | 31.3% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.68% | 33.9% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 35.2% |
| 7 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 36.4% |
| 8 | AIA Group Limited | 1.09% | 37.5% |
| 9 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.02% | 38.5% |
| 10 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 0.90% | 39.4% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.88% | 40.3% |
| 12 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.87% | 41.2% |
| 13 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.84% | 42.0% |
| 14 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.83% | 42.9% |
| 15 | BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agency Shares | 0.72% | 43.6% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-04-30Share of AAXJ's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Taiwan | 27.69% |
| South Korea | 21.05% |
| Cayman Islands° | 14.69% |
| India | 13.33% |
| China | 11.24% |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 4.02% |
| Singapore | 2.92% |
| Malaysia | 1.24% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-08 – 2026-04Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of AAXJ's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.26 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: AAXJ.json · all funds.
Who borrows AAXJ's shares
2026-07-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-07-31, $148m was out to 12 borrowers. The largest, GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL, held 64.6% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL | $95m | 64.6% |
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC | $16m | 11.1% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $14m | 9.6% |
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES PLC | $8m | 5.3% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. | $4m | 2.9% |
The filing reports no cash collateral position against this loan. Collateral taken in a form the fund does not hold as a position does not appear in N-PORT, so this is silence rather than absence. What the collateral figure can and cannot show. Every quarter AAXJ has filed, with each borrower: AAXJ.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-01-31 → 2026-04-30926 positions became 916: 18 added (0.6% of the fund at the later date), 28 dropped (0.4% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 10.3%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of AAXJ compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 14.00% | 16.21% | Tencent Holdings Limited | 5.06% | 3.68% |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 5.38% | 6.75% | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 3.76% | 2.68% |
| SK hynix Inc. | 3.51% | 4.61% | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 1.18% | 0.88% |
| DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.77% | 1.30% | INFOSYS LIMITED | 0.61% | 0.39% |
| MediaTek Inc. | 0.87% | 1.21% | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.80% | 0.61% |
| ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. | 0.17% | 0.41% | AIA Group Limited | 1.26% | 1.09% |
New: HonPrecision Inc (0.12%), Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (0.10%), HYUNDAI ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO.,LTD (0.08%), SenseTime Group Inc (0.07%), ADITYA BIRLA CAPITAL LIMITED (0.03%), Hesai Group (0.03%). Gone: COWAY Co., Ltd. (0.03%), DONGFENG MOTOR GROUP COMPANY LIMITED (0.03%), Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd. (0.03%), Doosan Bobcat Inc. (0.02%), Eclat Textile Co Ltd (0.02%), Cheng Shin Rubber Ind., Co., Ltd. (0.02%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-07-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 93.18% |
| short-term investment STIV | 4.00% |
| unknown unknown | 2.75% |
| preferred equity EP | 0.07% |
6.3% of AAXJ is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-04-30A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $3.84B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of AAXJ (23.5). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUR iShares MSCI Turkey ETF | 74 | 23.2 | 53.86% | 2026-05-31 |
| SCHG Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF | 196 | 23.3 | 57.21% | 2026-05-31 |
| ONEQ Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF | 1,024 | 23.3 | 57.6% | 2026-05-31 |
| FELG Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Growth ETF | 149 | 23.3 | 54.59% | 2026-06-30 |
| FHLC Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF | 336 | 23.5 | 52.01% | 2026-07-31 |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | 370 | 23.7 | 54.31% | 2026-06-30 |
| ARKF ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF | 41 | 23.7 | 54.61% | 2026-07-31 |
| VPU Vanguard Utilities Index Fund | 68 | 23.9 | 52.69% | 2026-05-31 |
| EWQ iShares MSCI France ETF | 58 | 23.9 | 57.1% | 2026-05-31 |
| FUTY Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF | 63 | 24 | 52.33% | 2026-07-31 |
Essays that examine AAXJ
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