ETF comparison
AVDE vs EWJ
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
161 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and EWJ would leave roughly 11.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
AVDE is 26 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for EWJ.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AVDE vs EWJ.
Top shared holdings
161 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In EWJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SoftBank Group Corp | 0.47% | 3.34% | 0.47% |
| 2 | Advantest Corp | 0.37% | 2.39% | 0.37% |
| 3 | Fujikura Ltd | 0.35% | 0.86% | 0.35% |
| 4 | Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd | 0.31% | 1.05% | 0.31% |
| 5 | Hitachi Ltd | 0.29% | 2.84% | 0.29% |
| 6 | TDK Corp | 0.26% | 0.96% | 0.26% |
| 7 | Ibiden Co Ltd | 0.25% | 0.66% | 0.25% |
| 8 | Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd | 0.24% | 2.01% | 0.24% |
| 9 | Tokio Marine Holdings Inc | 0.24% | 1.56% | 0.24% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd | 0.22% | 1.45% | 0.22% |
| 11 | Daiichi Life Group Inc | 0.19% | 0.69% | 0.19% |
| 12 | MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc | 0.19% | 0.66% | 0.19% |
Only in AVDE
3,135 total- ASML Holding NV 1.31%
- Roche Holding AG 0.94%
- Shell PLC 0.83%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.81%
- BHP Group Ltd 0.59%
- Novartis AG 0.54%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.52%
- Safran SA 0.52%
- UBS Group AG 0.50%
- Allianz SE 0.50%
Only in EWJ
17 total- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 4.05%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3.43%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 2.56%
- Sony Group Corporation 2.54%
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 2.14%
- Kioxia Holdings Corporation 1.49%
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 0.97%
- JAPAN TOBACCO INC. 0.88%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.87%
- HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. 0.64%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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