ETF comparison
EWJ vs IPAC
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
178 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and IPAC would leave roughly 55.1% 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
IPAC is 40 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/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 IPAC.
Top shared holdings
178 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In IPAC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.05% | 2.58% | 2.58% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.43% | 1.94% | 1.94% |
| 3 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.56% | 1.69% | 1.69% |
| 4 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.87% | 1.62% | 1.62% |
| 5 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.84% | 1.57% | 1.57% |
| 6 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 2.39% | 1.57% | 1.57% |
| 7 | Sony Group Corporation | 2.54% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
| 8 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 2.14% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
| 9 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 3.34% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| 10 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 1.80% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 11 | KEYENCE CORPORATION | 1.87% | 1.03% | 1.03% |
| 12 | FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. | 1.89% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
Only in EWJ
0 totalEvery EWJ position is also held by IPAC.
Only in IPAC
1,192 total- BHP GROUP LIMITED 2.32%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 2.27%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.29%
- AIA Group Limited 1.15%
- WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 0.98%
- NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 0.96%
- ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.85%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 0.81%
- WESFARMERS LIMITED 0.77%
- MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED 0.70%
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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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