ETF comparison
ESGD vs EWJ
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
90 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ESGD and EWJ would leave roughly 22.5% 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
ESGD is 29 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/yr more in fees for EWJ.
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 ESGD vs EWJ.
Top shared holdings
90 shared in total| # | Holding | In ESGD | In EWJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 0.85% | 3.34% | 0.85% |
| 2 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.82% | 4.05% | 0.82% |
| 3 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.81% | 2.87% | 0.81% |
| 4 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 0.81% | 2.56% | 0.81% |
| 5 | Sony Group Corporation | 0.79% | 2.54% | 0.79% |
| 6 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 0.77% | 2.84% | 0.77% |
| 7 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.66% | 3.43% | 0.66% |
| 8 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 0.62% | 2.14% | 0.62% |
| 9 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 0.59% | 1.80% | 0.59% |
| 10 | ITOCHU Corporation | 0.58% | 1.37% | 0.58% |
| 11 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.57% | 2.39% | 0.57% |
| 12 | KDDI CORPORATION | 0.50% | 0.96% | 0.50% |
Only in ESGD
269 total- ASML Holding N.V. 3.11%
- Novartis AG 1.58%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.38%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.24%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Nestle S.A. 1.13%
- ABB Ltd 1.13%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.10%
- SAP SE 1.03%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.00%
Only in EWJ
88 total- MITSUI & CO., LTD. 1.57%
- Kioxia Holdings Corporation 1.49%
- TDK CORPORATION 0.96%
- JAPAN TOBACCO INC. 0.88%
- SoftBank Corp. 0.74%
- TOYOTA TSUSHO CORPORATION 0.57%
- KYOCERA CORPORATION 0.54%
- NTT, Inc. 0.54%
- SMC CORPORATION 0.48%
- Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. 0.48%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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