ETF comparison
EWJ vs FNDC
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Japan ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
29 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and FNDC would leave roughly 2.7% 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
FNDC is 10 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for EWJ.
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 EWJ vs FNDC.
Top shared holdings
29 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In FNDC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBIDEN CO.,LTD. | 0.66% | 0.69% | 0.66% |
| 2 | SCREEN Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 0.22% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 3 | Yokohama Financial Group, Inc. | 0.20% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 4 | ASICS Corporation | 0.41% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 5 | The Chiba Bank, Ltd. | 0.16% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 6 | Japan Exchange Group, Inc. | 0.23% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 7 | NIPPON PAINT HOLDINGS CO., LTD. | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.12% |
| 8 | KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION | 0.23% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 9 | Hulic Co.,Ltd. | 0.09% | 0.13% | 0.09% |
| 10 | ORIENTAL LAND CO., LTD. | 0.30% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 11 | Nippon Building Fund Inc. | 0.12% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Lasertec Corporation | 0.39% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in EWJ
149 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%
Only in FNDC
1,549 total- Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co Ltd 0.49%
- Tower Semiconductor Ltd 0.44%
- Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd 0.37%
- LS Corp 0.29%
- Constellium SE 0.29%
- Samsung E&A Co Ltd 0.28%
- Celestica Inc 0.28%
- Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd 0.26%
- ASMPT Ltd 0.26%
- Baytex Energy Corp 0.25%
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- FNDC vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 2.6%
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- FNDC vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 1.9%
- FNDC vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 1.3%
- FNDC vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 1.2%
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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