ETF comparison
EFG vs EWJ
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
81 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFG and EWJ would leave roughly 22.3% 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
EFG is 15 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for EWJ.
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 EFG vs EWJ.
Top shared holdings
81 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFG | In EWJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 1.39% | 2.87% | 1.39% |
| 2 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 1.34% | 2.84% | 1.34% |
| 3 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 1.34% | 2.39% | 1.34% |
| 4 | Sony Group Corporation | 1.26% | 2.54% | 1.26% |
| 5 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 0.97% | 1.80% | 0.97% |
| 6 | KEYENCE CORPORATION | 0.88% | 1.87% | 0.88% |
| 7 | FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. | 0.87% | 1.89% | 0.87% |
| 8 | Kioxia Holdings Corporation | 0.81% | 1.49% | 0.81% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. | 0.69% | 1.45% | 0.69% |
| 10 | ITOCHU Corporation | 0.65% | 1.37% | 0.65% |
| 11 | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 0.63% | 1.48% | 0.63% |
| 12 | Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. | 0.55% | 1.56% | 0.55% |
Only in EFG
278 total- ASML Holding N.V. 5.92%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 2.38%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 1.94%
- SAP SE 1.77%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.71%
- UBS Group AG 1.56%
- ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 1.55%
- ABB Ltd 1.43%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S 1.41%
- Airbus SE 1.29%
Only in EWJ
97 total- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 4.05%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3.43%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 2.56%
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 2.14%
- Mitsubishi Corporation 1.95%
- MITSUI & CO., LTD. 1.57%
- Panasonic Holdings Corporation 1.03%
- KDDI CORPORATION 0.96%
- Renesas Electronics Corporation 0.95%
- SUMITOMO CORPORATION 0.92%
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- EWJ vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 18.5%
- EWJ vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 17.5%
- EWJ vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 17.3%
- EWJ vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 17.3%
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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