ETF comparison
EWH vs VXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWH and VXUS would leave roughly 0.9% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VXUS is 45 bps cheaper than EWH. On a $100,000 position that's about $450/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWH | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIA Group Limited | 22.85% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 11.19% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 3 | CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED | 6.01% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED | 4.34% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 5 | BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | 5.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 6 | SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED | 4.47% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 7 | CLP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 4.07% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 8 | Link Real Estate Investment Trust | 3.50% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 9 | JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED | 2.31% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 10 | CK ASSET HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 11 | Power Assets Holdings Limited | 2.79% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 12 | THE HONG KONG AND CHINA GAS COMPANY LIMITED | 2.68% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in EWH
3 total- HKT Trust and HKT Limited 1.67%
- Futu Holdings Limited 1.60%
- BNP Paribas 1.49%
Only in VXUS
8,712 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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