ETF comparison
EPP vs VEA
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
88 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and VEA would leave roughly 6.5% 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
VEA is 44 bps cheaper than EPP. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for EPP.
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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
88 shared in total| # | Holding | In EPP | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 9.96% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8.73% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 3 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 4.63% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 4 | AIA Group Limited | 4.85% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 5 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 3.89% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 6 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 3.62% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 7 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.35% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 8 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 2.88% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 9 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 2.75% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 10 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 2.81% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 11 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 2.53% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 12 | RIO TINTO LIMITED | 2.19% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in EPP
5 total- SEA LIMITED 1.57%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.37%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 0.33%
- Futu Holdings Limited 0.27%
- HKT Trust and HKT Limited 0.26%
Only in VEA
3,774 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
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- EPP vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 5.4%
- EPP vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 4.9%
- EPP vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 4.8%
More comparisons with VEA
- VEA vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 6.4%
- VEA vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 6.4%
- VEA vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 6.4%
- VEA vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 6.3%
- VEA vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 5.8%
- VEA vs EWY · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF 5.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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