ETF comparison
EFV vs EWJ
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
109 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFV and EWJ would leave roughly 23.3% 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
EFV is 18 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/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 EFV vs EWJ.
Top shared holdings
109 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFV | In EWJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 2.12% | 4.05% | 2.12% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 1.60% | 3.43% | 1.60% |
| 3 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 1.39% | 2.56% | 1.39% |
| 4 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 1.09% | 2.14% | 1.09% |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Corporation | 0.80% | 1.95% | 0.80% |
| 6 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 0.67% | 3.34% | 0.67% |
| 7 | MITSUI & CO., LTD. | 0.64% | 1.57% | 0.64% |
| 8 | Panasonic Holdings Corporation | 0.55% | 1.03% | 0.55% |
| 9 | KDDI CORPORATION | 0.47% | 0.96% | 0.47% |
| 10 | JAPAN TOBACCO INC. | 0.43% | 0.88% | 0.43% |
| 11 | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 0.43% | 2.01% | 0.43% |
| 12 | Marubeni Corporation | 0.41% | 0.88% | 0.41% |
Only in EFV
295 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 3.22%
- Nestle S.A. 2.29%
- SHELL PLC 2.28%
- Roche Holding AG 1.78%
- Allianz SE 1.68%
- Novartis AG 1.66%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.54%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.41%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 1.41%
- Iberdrola, S.A. 1.31%
Only in EWJ
69 total- Tokyo Electron Limited 2.87%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 2.84%
- Sony Group Corporation 2.54%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 2.39%
- FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. 1.89%
- KEYENCE CORPORATION 1.87%
- Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. 1.80%
- Kioxia Holdings Corporation 1.49%
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 1.48%
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 1.45%
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- EFV vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 16.5%
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- EWJ vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 22.6%
- EWJ vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 22.5%
- EWJ vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 22.3%
- EWJ vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 19.8%
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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