ETF comparison
BBAX vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
82 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BBAX and IEFA would leave roughly 8.5% 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
IEFA is 12 bps cheaper than BBAX. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for BBAX.
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 IEFA.
Top shared holdings
82 shared in total| # | Holding | In BBAX | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP Group Ltd. | 9.50% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 2 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 9.31% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 3 | DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | 5.23% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 4 | AIA Group Ltd. | 4.69% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 5 | Westpac Banking Corp. | 4.03% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 6 | National Australia Bank Ltd. | 3.94% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 7 | ANZ Group Holdings Ltd. | 3.49% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 8 | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. | 3.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 9 | Wesfarmers Ltd. | 3.16% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 10 | Macquarie Group Ltd. | 2.87% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 11 | Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. | 2.77% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | Rio Tinto Ltd. | 1.97% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in BBAX
10 total- Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. 0.80%
- Zijin Gold International Co. Ltd. 0.27%
- Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd. 0.27%
- 3SBio, Inc. 0.18%
- Swire Properties Ltd. 0.13%
- Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The) 0.11%
- Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd. 0.06%
- Swire Pacific Ltd. 0.06%
- Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. 0.06%
- N/A 0.00%
Only in IEFA
2,531 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Novartis AG 1.12%
- Nestle S.A. 1.00%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.79%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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