ETF comparison
EPP vs VXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
89 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and VXUS would leave roughly 4.8% 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
VXUS is 42 bps cheaper than EPP. On a $100,000 position that's about $420/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
89 shared in total| # | Holding | In EPP | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8.73% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 2 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 4.63% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 3 | AIA Group Limited | 4.85% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 4 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 3.89% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 5 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 3.62% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 6 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.35% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 7 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 9.96% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 8 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 2.75% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 9 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 2.88% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 10 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 2.53% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 11 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 2.81% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 12 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 1.83% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
Only in EPP
4 total- SEA LIMITED 1.57%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.37%
- Futu Holdings Limited 0.27%
- HKT Trust and HKT Limited 0.26%
Only in VXUS
8,647 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
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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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