ETF comparison
EPP vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
90 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and VT would leave roughly 2.0% 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
VT is 41 bps cheaper than EPP. On a $100,000 position that's about $410/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 VT.
Top shared holdings
90 shared in total| # | Holding | In EPP | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 9.96% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8.73% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 3 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 4.63% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 4 | AIA Group Limited | 4.85% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 5 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 3.89% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 6 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 3.62% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.35% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 8 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 2.75% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 2.88% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 2.53% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 2.81% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | RIO TINTO LIMITED | 2.19% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in EPP
3 total- SEA LIMITED 1.57%
- Futu Holdings Limited 0.27%
- HKT Trust and HKT Limited 0.26%
Only in VT
9,960 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
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- EPP vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 0.0%
- EPP vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 0.0%
- EPP vs BBJP · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF 0.0%
- EPP vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 0.0%
More comparisons with VT
- VT vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 1.9%
- VT vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 1.8%
- VT vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 1.7%
- VT vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 1.5%
- VT vs FXI · iShares China Large-Cap ETF 1.4%
- VT vs FLIN · Franklin FTSE India ETF 1.4%
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/.
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.