ETF comparison
EWA vs IXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
iShares MSCI Australia ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWA and IXUS would leave roughly 3.4% 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
IXUS is 43 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/yr more in fees for EWA.
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 EWA vs IXUS.
Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWA | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 15.69% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 13.76% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 3 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 6.14% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 4 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 5.71% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 5 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 5.30% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 6 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 4.51% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 7 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 4.31% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 8 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 2.89% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 9 | RIO TINTO LIMITED | 3.45% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 10 | GOODMAN GROUP | 3.22% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 11 | CSL LIMITED | 2.34% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 12 | WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED | 2.14% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in EWA
0 totalEvery EWA position is also held by IXUS.
Only in IXUS
4,443 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
- Roche Holding AG 0.72%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Novartis AG 0.68%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
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