ETF comparison
DXJ vs VXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
411 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DXJ and VXUS would leave roughly 10.5% 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
VXUS is 43 bps cheaper than DXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
411 shared in total| # | Holding | In DXJ | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 4.63% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP | 3.54% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 3 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 3.62% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 4 | TOKYO ELECTRON LTD | 3.18% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 5 | HITACHI LTD | 0.91% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 6 | ADVANTEST CORP | 0.45% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 7 | SONY GROUP CORP | 0.44% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 8 | MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 2.70% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 9 | RECRUIT HOLDINGS CO LTD | 0.39% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 10 | TOKIO MARINE HOLDINGS INC | 2.81% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 11 | MITSUBISHI CORP | 2.27% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 12 | KEYENCE CORP | 0.50% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
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 VXUS
8,325 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
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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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