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EWG vs EWJ

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Germany ETF · iShares MSCI Japan ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and EWJ would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWG unmatched 99.5% Shared 0.0% EWJ unmatched 99.0%

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.

In EWG only
54 positions
Shared
0 positions
In EWJ only
178 positions

Side by side

EWG

iShares MSCI Germany ETF

iShares · International Developed

56 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$1.47B
TTM yield
2.03%
Top-10 conc.
62.4%
EWJ

iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares · International Developed

72 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$23.53B
TTM yield
3.79%
Top-10 conc.
28.2%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
51
79
Tax efficiency
75
64
Liquidity
100
25
Concentration
74
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Tracking quality
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EWG sub-score EWJ

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.49% vs 0.49%).

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 EWG vs EWJ.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EWG

54 total
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 11.97%
  • SAP SE 9.49%
  • Allianz SE 8.47%
  • Siemens Energy AG 7.37%
  • Infineon Technologies AG 6.22%
  • Deutsche Telekom AG 6.21%
  • Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 3.48%
  • Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen 3.45%
  • Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2.96%
  • Deutsche Post AG 2.75%

Only in EWJ

178 total
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 4.05%
  • TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3.43%
  • SoftBank Group Corp. 3.34%
  • Tokyo Electron Limited 2.87%
  • Hitachi, Ltd. 2.84%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 2.56%
  • Sony Group Corporation 2.54%
  • ADVANTEST CORPORATION 2.39%
  • Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 2.14%
  • Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 2.01%

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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/.

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.