ETF comparison
BBAX vs EWA
Both International Developed.
JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF · iShares MSCI Australia ETF
Holdings overlap
43 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BBAX and EWA would leave roughly 63.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BBAX is 31 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/yr more in fees for EWA.
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 EWA.
Top shared holdings
43 shared in total| # | Holding | In BBAX | In EWA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 9.55% | 13.89% | 9.55% |
| 2 | BHP Group Ltd. | 8.66% | 13.79% | 8.66% |
| 3 | Westpac Banking Corp. | 4.32% | 6.92% | 4.32% |
| 4 | National Australia Bank Ltd. | 4.00% | 7.14% | 4.00% |
| 5 | ANZ Group Holdings Ltd. | 3.61% | 5.68% | 3.61% |
| 6 | Macquarie Group Ltd. | 2.83% | 3.68% | 2.83% |
| 7 | Wesfarmers Ltd. | 2.73% | 4.30% | 2.73% |
| 8 | Rio Tinto Ltd. | 2.06% | 2.95% | 2.06% |
| 9 | Woodside Energy Group Ltd. | 2.05% | 2.60% | 2.05% |
| 10 | CSL Ltd. | 1.97% | 3.40% | 1.97% |
| 11 | Goodman Group | 1.91% | 2.81% | 1.91% |
| 12 | Transurban Group | 1.42% | 2.12% | 1.42% |
Only in BBAX
54 total- AIA Group Ltd. 5.20%
- DBS Group Holdings Ltd. 4.25%
- Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. 2.88%
- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. 2.54%
- United Overseas Bank Ltd. 1.73%
- Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. 1.35%
- Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. 1.35%
- CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. 1.01%
- Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. 0.96%
- CLP Holdings Ltd. 0.79%
Only in EWA
3 total- LYNAS RARE EARTHS LIMITED 0.80%
- XERO LIMITED 0.65%
- CAR GROUP LIMITED 0.48%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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