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EWG vs IPAC

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Germany ETF · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

EWG unmatched 99.5% Shared 0.0% IPAC unmatched 99.6%

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 IPAC only
1,370 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%
IPAC

iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF

iShares · International Developed

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$2.76B
TTM yield
3.86%
Top-10 conc.
18.4%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
91
79
Tax efficiency
75
64
Liquidity
76
25
Concentration
88
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Tracking quality
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EWG sub-score IPAC

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

Cost difference

IPAC is 40 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/yr more in fees for EWG.

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 IPAC.

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 IPAC

1,370 total
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 2.58%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 2.32%
  • COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 2.27%
  • TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.94%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.69%
  • Tokyo Electron Limited 1.62%
  • Hitachi, Ltd. 1.57%
  • ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.57%
  • Sony Group Corporation 1.48%
  • Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 1.33%

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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.