ETF comparison
EWA vs JIRE
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Australia ETF · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
21 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWA and JIRE would leave roughly 7.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
JIRE is 26 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/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 JIRE.
Top shared holdings
21 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWA | In JIRE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 13.79% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 2 | RIO TINTO LIMITED | 2.95% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 3 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 13.89% | 0.91% | 0.91% |
| 4 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 7.14% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 5 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 5.68% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 6 | SANTOS LIMITED | 1.05% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 7 | MEDIBANK PRIVATE LIMITED | 0.58% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 8 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED. | 3.68% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 9 | QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED | 1.57% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 10 | INSURANCE AUSTRALIA GROUP LIMITED | 0.75% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 11 | TRANSURBAN GROUP | 2.12% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 12 | TELSTRA GROUP LIMITED | 0.98% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
Only in EWA
25 total- FORTESCUE LTD 1.70%
- EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED 1.61%
- ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LIMITED 1.27%
- ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED 1.00%
- SOUTH32 LIMITED 0.99%
- SCENTRE GROUP 0.95%
- LYNAS RARE EARTHS LIMITED 0.80%
- COMPUTERSHARE LIMITED 0.77%
- SUNCORP GROUP LIMITED 0.75%
- SIGMA HEALTHCARE LIMITED 0.70%
Only in JIRE
186 total- ASML Holding NV 3.17%
- AstraZeneca plc 2.06%
- Siemens AG 1.67%
- Shell plc 1.60%
- Allianz SE 1.43%
- HSBC Holdings plc 1.43%
- Nestle SA 1.40%
- Roche Holding AG 1.27%
- Banco Santander SA 1.21%
- Novartis AG 1.20%
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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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