ETF comparison
DLS vs DXJ
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund
Holdings overlap
156 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DLS and DXJ would leave roughly 8.9% 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
DXJ is 10 bps cheaper than DLS. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for DLS.
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 DLS vs DXJ.
Top shared holdings
156 shared in total| # | Holding | In DLS | In DXJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TAIYO YUDEN CO LTD | 0.57% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 2 | NSK LTD | 0.25% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 3 | SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD | 0.21% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 4 | CITIZEN WATCH CO LTD | 0.23% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 5 | EXEDY CORP | 0.23% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 6 | ZEON CORP | 0.19% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 7 | FERROTEC CORP | 0.14% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 8 | LINTEC CORP | 0.19% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 9 | DAIDO STEEL COMPANY LTD | 0.17% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 10 | ANRITSU CORP | 0.16% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 11 | MACNICA HOLDINGS INC | 0.18% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 12 | TODA CORP | 0.13% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
Only in DLS
864 total- ELECNOR SA 0.74%
- HOEGH AUTOLINERS ASA 0.72%
- PLUS500 LTD 0.64%
- HAFNIA LTD 0.64%
- MAN GROUP PLC 0.54%
- NOS SGPS SA 0.50%
- DOF GROUP ASA 0.46%
- FIRST RESOURCES LTD 0.45%
- FIBI HOLDINGS LTD 0.43%
- APERAM SA 0.42%
Only in DXJ
270 total- MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 4.63%
- SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP INC 3.62%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 3.54%
- TOKYO ELECTRON LTD 3.18%
- TOKIO MARINE HOLDINGS INC 2.81%
- MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC 2.70%
- MITSUBISHI CORP 2.27%
- JAPAN TOBACCO INC 2.14%
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD 2.06%
- NTT INC 1.97%
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- DLS vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 5.8%
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- DLS vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 3.6%
More comparisons with DXJ
- DXJ vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 7.4%
- DXJ vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 5.8%
- DXJ vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 5.5%
- DXJ vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 4.3%
- DXJ vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 4.0%
- DXJ vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 0.0%
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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