ETF comparison
EWH vs VPL
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWH and VPL would leave roughly 3.3% 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
VPL is 43 bps cheaper than EWH. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/yr more in fees for EWH.
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 EWH vs VPL.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWH | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIA Group Limited | 22.85% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 11.19% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 3 | CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED | 6.01% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 4 | TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED | 4.34% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 5 | BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | 5.05% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 6 | SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED | 4.47% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 7 | CLP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 4.07% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 8 | Link Real Estate Investment Trust | 3.50% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 9 | JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED | 2.31% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 10 | CK ASSET HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.03% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 11 | Power Assets Holdings Limited | 2.79% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 12 | THE HONG KONG AND CHINA GAS COMPANY LIMITED | 2.68% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in EWH
3 total- HKT Trust and HKT Limited 1.67%
- Futu Holdings Limited 1.60%
- BNP Paribas 1.49%
Only in VPL
2,313 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.61%
- SK hynix Inc 5.18%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 2.00%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.77%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.72%
- Toyota Motor Corp 1.66%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.28%
- Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.21%
- Hitachi Ltd 1.19%
- Advantest Corp 1.18%
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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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