ETF comparison
BBAX vs EFA
Both International Developed.
JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
78 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BBAX and EFA would leave roughly 9.8% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BBAX is 13 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for EFA.
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 BBAX vs EFA.
Top shared holdings
78 shared in total| # | Holding | In BBAX | In EFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP Group Ltd. | 9.50% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 2 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 9.31% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 3 | DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | 5.23% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 4 | AIA Group Ltd. | 4.69% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 5 | Westpac Banking Corp. | 4.03% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 6 | National Australia Bank Ltd. | 3.94% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 7 | ANZ Group Holdings Ltd. | 3.49% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 8 | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. | 3.29% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 9 | Wesfarmers Ltd. | 3.16% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 10 | Macquarie Group Ltd. | 2.87% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 11 | Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. | 2.77% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 12 | Woodside Energy Group Ltd. | 1.98% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
Only in BBAX
14 total- Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. 0.80%
- BlueScope Steel Ltd. 0.45%
- Orica Ltd. 0.32%
- GPT Group (The) 0.31%
- Zijin Gold International Co. Ltd. 0.27%
- Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd. 0.27%
- 3SBio, Inc. 0.18%
- Swire Properties Ltd. 0.13%
- Genting Singapore Ltd. 0.13%
- Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The) 0.11%
Only in EFA
596 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.90%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.66%
- Roche Holding AG 1.39%
- Novartis AG 1.30%
- Nestle S.A. 1.17%
- SHELL PLC 1.17%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.17%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.10%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.93%
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