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ETF comparison

EPP vs EWJ

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI Japan ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and EWJ would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EPP unmatched 99.3% Shared 0.0% EWJ unmatched 99.0%

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.

In EPP only
93 positions
Shared
0 positions
In EWJ only
178 positions

Side by side

EPP

iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF

iShares · International Developed

61 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.47%
Net assets
$2.22B
TTM yield
3.39%
Top-10 conc.
47.5%
EWJ

iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares · International Developed

72 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$23.53B
TTM yield
3.79%
Top-10 conc.
28.2%

Sub-score comparison

53
Cost
51
76
Tax efficiency
75
72
Liquidity
100
46
Concentration
74
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Tracking quality
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EPP sub-score EWJ

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

EPP is 2 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/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 EPP vs EWJ.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EPP

93 total
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 9.96%
  • COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 8.73%
  • AIA Group Limited 4.85%
  • DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 4.63%
  • WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 3.89%
  • NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 3.62%
  • ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 3.35%
  • WESFARMERS LIMITED 2.88%
  • MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED 2.81%
  • OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 2.75%

Only in EWJ

178 total
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 4.05%
  • TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3.43%
  • SoftBank Group Corp. 3.34%
  • Tokyo Electron Limited 2.87%
  • Hitachi, Ltd. 2.84%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 2.56%
  • Sony Group Corporation 2.54%
  • ADVANTEST CORPORATION 2.39%
  • Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 2.14%
  • Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 2.01%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open EPP or EWJ at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.