ETF comparison
EWJ vs SPDW
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Japan ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
Holdings overlap
178 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and SPDW would leave roughly 17.3% 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
SPDW is 46 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $460/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 SPDW.
Top shared holdings
178 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In SPDW | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.05% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 2 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.87% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 3 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.43% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 4 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 2.39% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 5 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.56% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 6 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 3.34% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 7 | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 2.01% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 8 | Sony Group Corporation | 2.54% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 9 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.84% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 10 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 2.14% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 11 | Mitsubishi Corporation | 1.95% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 12 | FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. | 1.89% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
Only in EWJ
0 totalEvery EWJ position is also held by SPDW.
Only in SPDW
2,250 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.96%
- SK hynix Inc 2.79%
- ASML Holding NV 2.28%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.97%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Roche Holding AG 0.86%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.86%
- Novartis AG 0.86%
- Nestle SA 0.80%
- Siemens AG 0.70%
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- EWJ vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 16.2%
- EWJ vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 11.9%
- EWJ vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 11.8%
- EWJ vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 11.6%
More comparisons with SPDW
- SPDW vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 15.4%
- SPDW vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 15.0%
- SPDW vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 12.3%
- SPDW vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 12.3%
- SPDW vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 9.3%
- SPDW vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 9.2%
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.