ETF comparison
EPPvsVPL
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 roughly18.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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 thecost calculator pre-filled with EPP vs VPL.
Top shared holdings
88 shared in total| # | Holding | In EPP | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8.73% | 1.78% | 1.78% |
| 2 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 9.96% | 1.64% | 1.64% |
| 3 | AIA Group Limited | 4.85% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 4 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 3.89% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 5 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 4.63% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 6 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 3.62% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| 7 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.35% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 8 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 2.53% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 9 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 2.88% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 10 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 2.81% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 11 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 2.75% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 12 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 1.83% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
Only in EPP
5 total- SEA LIMITED1.57%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED0.37%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD.0.33%
- Futu Holdings Limited0.27%
- HKT Trust and HKT Limited0.26%
Only in VPL
2,244 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd6.00%
- SK hynix Inc4.08%
- Toyota Motor Corp1.73%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc1.67%
- Hitachi Ltd1.16%
- Advantest Corp1.14%
- SoftBank Group Corp1.13%
- Tokyo Electron Ltd1.10%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc1.09%
- Sony Group Corp1.02%
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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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