ETF comparison
EWJ vs IXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
iShares MSCI Japan ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
178 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and IXUS would leave roughly 11.8% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IXUS 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 IXUS.
Top shared holdings
178 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.05% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.43% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 3 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.56% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 4 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.87% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 5 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 2.39% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 6 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.84% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 7 | Sony Group Corporation | 2.54% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 8 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 2.14% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 9 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 3.34% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 10 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 1.80% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 11 | KEYENCE CORPORATION | 1.87% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 12 | FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. | 1.89% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
Only in EWJ
0 totalEvery EWJ position is also held by IXUS.
Only in IXUS
4,311 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
- Roche Holding AG 0.72%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Novartis AG 0.68%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
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More comparisons with IXUS
- IXUS vs BBJP · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF 11.8%
- IXUS vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 10.7%
- IXUS vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 10.5%
- IXUS vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 9.3%
- IXUS vs JGLO · Jpmorgan Global Select Equity ETF 8.9%
- IXUS vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 8.6%
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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