ETF comparison
DXJ vs VSS
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
188 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DXJ and VSS would leave roughly 4.3% 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
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VSS is 42 bps cheaper than DXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $420/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 VSS.
Top shared holdings
188 shared in total| # | Holding | In DXJ | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CITIZEN WATCH CO LTD | 0.13% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 2 | ANRITSU CORP | 0.12% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 3 | SEIKO GROUP CORP | 0.08% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 4 | MICRONICS JAPAN COMPANY LTD | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 5 | NITTO BOSEKI CO LTD | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | MEIDENSHA CORP | 0.09% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | PENTA-OCEAN CONSTRUCTION CO LTD | 0.06% | 0.07% | 0.06% |
| 8 | CKD CORP | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | UACJ CORP | 0.06% | 0.07% | 0.06% |
| 10 | FERROTEC CORP | 0.12% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 11 | ADEKA CORP | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 12 | NISSHINBO HOLDINGS INC | 0.08% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in DXJ
238 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%
Only in VSS
4,630 total- Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.27%
- Aritzia Inc 0.27%
- Finning International Inc 0.24%
- Storebrand ASA 0.24%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
- Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
- Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
- Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.23%
- South Bow Corp 0.22%
- Subsea 7 SA 0.21%
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- VSS vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 2.4%
- VSS vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 0.1%
- VSS vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 0.1%
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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