ETF comparison
EWJ vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
iShares MSCI Japan ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
178 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and VT would leave roughly 4.5% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VT is 43 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/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 VT.
Top shared holdings
178 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.05% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.43% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 3 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.56% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 4 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.87% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 5 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.84% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 6 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 2.39% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 7 | Sony Group Corporation | 2.54% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 8 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 2.14% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 9 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 3.34% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 10 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 1.80% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 11 | KEYENCE CORPORATION | 1.87% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Mitsubishi Corporation | 1.95% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in EWJ
0 totalEvery EWJ position is also held by VT.
Only in VT
9,872 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
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More comparisons with EWJ
- EWJ vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 2.7%
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- EWJ vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 0.0%
- EWJ vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 0.0%
- EWJ vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 0.0%
- EWJ vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with VT
- VT vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 4.4%
- VT vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 4.0%
- VT vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 3.8%
- VT vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 3.3%
- VT vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 3.0%
- VT vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 2.9%
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.