ETF comparison
EWG vs JIRE
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Germany ETF · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
20 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and JIRE would leave roughly 10.9% 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
JIRE is 25 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 JIRE.
Top shared holdings
20 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In JIRE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 11.97% | 1.78% | 1.78% |
| 2 | Allianz SE | 8.47% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 3 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen | 3.45% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 4 | Infineon Technologies AG | 6.22% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 5 | SAP SE | 9.49% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 6 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 6.21% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 7 | RWE Aktiengesellschaft | 2.02% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 8 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.75% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 9 | MTU Aero Engines AG | 0.99% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 10 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 2.10% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 11 | Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft | 2.73% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 12 | Siemens Energy AG | 7.37% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
Only in EWG
34 total- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2.96%
- COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft. 1.58%
- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 1.23%
- Daimler Truck Holding AG 1.13%
- VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1.10%
- MERCK Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien 0.99%
- Vonovia SE 0.95%
- Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 0.90%
- Hannover Rueck SE 0.82%
- Siemens Healthineers AG 0.69%
Only in JIRE
182 total- ASML Holding NV 3.48%
- AstraZeneca plc 1.69%
- Shell plc 1.55%
- HSBC Holdings plc 1.54%
- Banco Santander SA 1.36%
- UniCredit SpA 1.33%
- Nestle SA 1.33%
- Roche Holding AG 1.32%
- Safran SA 1.30%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.22%
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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/.
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