ETF comparison
EWJ vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
178 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and IEFA would leave roughly 19.8% 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
IEFA is 42 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $420/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 IEFA.
Top shared holdings
178 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.05% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.43% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 3 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.56% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 4 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.87% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 5 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 2.39% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 6 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.84% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 7 | Sony Group Corporation | 2.54% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 8 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 2.14% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 9 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 3.34% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 10 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 1.80% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 11 | KEYENCE CORPORATION | 1.87% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 12 | FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. | 1.89% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
Only in EWJ
0 totalEvery EWJ position is also held by IEFA.
Only in IEFA
2,435 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Novartis AG 1.12%
- Nestle S.A. 1.00%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.82%
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- EWJ vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 18.5%
- 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%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs BBJP · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF 19.8%
- IEFA vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 17.2%
- IEFA vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 15.4%
- IEFA vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 13.9%
- IEFA vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 13.5%
- IEFA vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 12.7%
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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