ETF comparison
EWJ vs IDEV
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Japan ETF · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
178 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and IDEV would leave roughly 17.5% 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
IDEV is 45 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $450/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 IDEV.
Top shared holdings
178 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In IDEV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.05% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.43% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 3 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.56% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 4 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.87% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 5 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.84% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 6 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 2.39% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 7 | Sony Group Corporation | 2.54% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 8 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 2.14% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 9 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 3.34% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 10 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 1.80% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 11 | KEYENCE CORPORATION | 1.87% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 12 | FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. | 1.89% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
Only in EWJ
0 totalEvery EWJ position is also held by IDEV.
Only in IDEV
2,138 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.19%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.24%
- Roche Holding AG 1.05%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.98%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.88%
- Nestle S.A. 0.88%
- SHELL PLC 0.88%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.83%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.73%
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- EWJ vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 11.8%
More comparisons with IDEV
- IDEV vs BBJP · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF 17.4%
- IDEV vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 15.3%
- IDEV vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 13.9%
- IDEV vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 13.5%
- IDEV vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 12.2%
- IDEV vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 11.2%
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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