ETF comparison
EWJ vs IPAC
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
180 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and IPAC would leave roughly 54.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
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
180 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In IPAC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.09% | 2.21% | 2.21% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 4.41% | 1.98% | 1.98% |
| 3 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.88% | 1.59% | 1.59% |
| 4 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 2.54% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 5 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.42% | 1.44% | 1.44% |
| 6 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.66% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 7 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 1.88% | 1.38% | 1.38% |
| 8 | Sony Group Corporation | 2.72% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
| 9 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 2.13% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi Corporation | 2.09% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 11 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. | 1.96% | 1.04% | 1.04% |
| 12 | MITSUI & CO., LTD. | 1.78% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
Only in EWJ
1 total- TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 0.40%
Only in IPAC
1,187 total- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 2.30%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 2.19%
- AIA Group Limited 1.25%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.05%
- WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 1.04%
- NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 0.97%
- ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.87%
- MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED 0.68%
- WESFARMERS LIMITED 0.66%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 0.63%
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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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