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ETF comparison

EWJ vs JIRE

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
22.6 %

55 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and JIRE would leave roughly 22.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWJ unmatched 76.4% Shared 22.6% JIRE unmatched 76.6%

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.

In EWJ only
123 positions
Shared
55 positions
In JIRE only
147 positions

Side by side

EWJ

iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares · International Developed

72 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$23.53B
TTM yield
3.79%
Top-10 conc.
28.2%
JIRE

JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF

JPMorgan · International Developed

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.24%
Net assets
$10.91B
TTM yield
2.76%
Top-10 conc.
16.9%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
76
75
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
74
Concentration
90
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Tracking quality
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EWJ sub-score JIRE

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

JIRE is 25 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 JIRE.

Top shared holdings

55 shared in total
# Holding In EWJ In JIRE Overlap
1 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 2.56% 1.22% 1.22%
2 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3.43% 1.12% 1.12%
3 Tokyo Electron Limited 2.87% 1.04% 1.04%
4 Hitachi, Ltd. 2.84% 1.04% 1.04%
5 Sony Group Corporation 2.54% 0.86% 0.86%
6 KEYENCE CORPORATION 1.87% 0.85% 0.85%
7 ADVANTEST CORPORATION 2.39% 0.81% 0.81%
8 Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 1.56% 0.77% 0.77%
9 ITOCHU Corporation 1.37% 0.74% 0.74%
10 MITSUI & CO., LTD. 1.57% 0.70% 0.70%
11 Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. 1.80% 0.63% 0.63%
12 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 4.05% 0.61% 0.61%

Only in EWJ

123 total
  • Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 2.14%
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 1.48%
  • TDK CORPORATION 0.96%
  • Renesas Electronics Corporation 0.95%
  • Nintendo Co., Ltd. 0.95%
  • SUMITOMO CORPORATION 0.92%
  • Marubeni Corporation 0.88%
  • FANUC CORPORATION 0.88%
  • Fujikura Ltd. 0.86%
  • SoftBank Corp. 0.74%

Only in JIRE

147 total
  • ASML Holding NV 3.48%
  • Siemens AG 1.78%
  • AstraZeneca plc 1.69%
  • Shell plc 1.55%
  • HSBC Holdings plc 1.54%
  • Allianz SE 1.51%
  • Banco Santander SA 1.36%
  • UniCredit SpA 1.33%
  • Nestle SA 1.33%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.32%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.