ETF comparison
DXJ vs VEA
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
411 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DXJ and VEA would leave roughly 14.3% 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
VEA is 45 bps cheaper than DXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $450/yr more in fees for DXJ.
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 DXJ vs VEA.
Top shared holdings
411 shared in total| # | Holding | In DXJ | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 4.63% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 2 | TOKYO ELECTRON LTD | 3.18% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 3 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP | 3.54% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 4 | ADVANTEST CORP | 0.45% | 0.46% | 0.45% |
| 5 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 3.62% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 6 | MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD | 2.06% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 7 | HITACHI LTD | 0.91% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 8 | SONY GROUP CORP | 0.44% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 9 | MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 2.70% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 10 | KEYENCE CORP | 0.50% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 11 | RECRUIT HOLDINGS CO LTD | 0.39% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 12 | FAST RETAILING COMPANY LTD | 1.13% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
Only in DXJ
15 total- KURODA GROUP CO LTD 0.04%
- SUN-WA TECHNOS CORP 0.04%
- FUJIKURA COMPOSITE INC 0.04%
- Y.A.C HOLDINGS CO LTD 0.04%
- TOMEN DEVICES CORP 0.04%
- MARUBUN CORP 0.04%
- MIRAINI HOLDINGS CO LTD 0.04%
- MEIWA CORP 0.04%
- OKAMOTO MACHINE TOOL WORKS LTD 0.03%
- MITSUBISHI KAKOKI KAISHA LTD 0.03%
Only in VEA
3,451 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
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- VEA vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 13.0%
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- VEA vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 10.6%
- VEA vs JGLO · Jpmorgan Global Select Equity ETF 10.2%
- VEA vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 9.6%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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