ETF comparison
BBAX vs VWO
International Developed vs International Emerging.
JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BBAX and VWO would leave roughly 0.2% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VWO is 13 bps cheaper than BBAX. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In BBAX | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. | 0.80% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 2 | Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd. | 0.27% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 3 | 3SBio, Inc. | 0.18% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in BBAX
89 total- BHP Group Ltd. 9.50%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 9.31%
- DBS Group Holdings Ltd. 5.23%
- AIA Group Ltd. 4.69%
- Westpac Banking Corp. 4.03%
- National Australia Bank Ltd. 3.94%
- ANZ Group Holdings Ltd. 3.49%
- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. 3.29%
- Wesfarmers Ltd. 3.16%
- Macquarie Group Ltd. 2.87%
Only in VWO
4,977 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.56%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
- MediaTek Inc 1.36%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
- Delta Electronics Inc 0.82%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.81%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
- HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%
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- VWO vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 0.1%
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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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.