ETF comparison
EWJ vs FNDF
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Japan ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
153 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and FNDF would leave roughly 18.5% 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
FNDF is 24 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/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 FNDF.
Top shared holdings
153 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In FNDF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.43% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 2 | Mitsubishi Corporation | 1.95% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 3 | Panasonic Holdings Corporation | 1.03% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 4 | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 2.01% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 5 | MITSUI & CO., LTD. | 1.57% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 6 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 0.64% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 7 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 3.34% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 8 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.84% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 9 | ITOCHU Corporation | 1.37% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 10 | Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | 1.05% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 11 | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 1.48% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 12 | Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. | 1.57% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
Only in EWJ
25 total- IBIDEN CO.,LTD. 0.66%
- ASICS Corporation 0.41%
- Lasertec Corporation 0.39%
- ORIENTAL LAND CO., LTD. 0.30%
- Japan Exchange Group, Inc. 0.23%
- KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION 0.23%
- Yokohama Financial Group, Inc. 0.20%
- The Chiba Bank, Ltd. 0.16%
- OBIC Co.,Ltd. 0.16%
- Rakuten Group, Inc. 0.14%
Only in FNDF
734 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.52%
- Shell PLC 2.19%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.69%
- SK hynix Inc 1.37%
- Glencore PLC 1.22%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.22%
- BP PLC 1.08%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Roche Holding AG 0.82%
- Rio Tinto PLC 0.80%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with EWJ
- EWJ vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 17.5%
- EWJ vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 17.3%
- EWJ vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 17.3%
- EWJ vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 16.9%
- EWJ vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 16.2%
- EWJ vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 11.9%
More comparisons with FNDF
- FNDF vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 16.5%
- FNDF vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 14.5%
- FNDF vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 13.0%
- FNDF vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 11.3%
- FNDF vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 9.0%
- FNDF vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 7.9%
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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