ETF comparison
EPP vs VPL
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
88 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and VPL would leave roughly 18.4% 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
VPL is 40 bps cheaper than EPP. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/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 VPL.
Top shared holdings
88 shared in total| # | Holding | In EPP | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 9.96% | 1.77% | 1.77% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8.73% | 1.72% | 1.72% |
| 3 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 4.63% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 4 | AIA Group Limited | 4.85% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 5 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 3.89% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| 6 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 3.62% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 7 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.35% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 8 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 2.75% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 9 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 2.88% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 10 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 2.53% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 11 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 2.81% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 12 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 1.83% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
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 VPL
2,249 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.61%
- SK hynix Inc 5.18%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 2.00%
- Toyota Motor Corp 1.66%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.28%
- Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.21%
- Hitachi Ltd 1.19%
- Advantest Corp 1.18%
- Sony Group Corp 1.14%
- Mizuho Financial Group Inc 1.01%
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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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