ETF comparison
EWS vs JIRE
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Singapore ETF · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
4 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWS and JIRE would leave roughly 1.5% 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
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Cost difference
JIRE is 26 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for EWS.
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 EWS vs JIRE.
Top shared holdings
4 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWS | In JIRE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 24.02% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 2 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 20.37% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 3 | SEA LIMITED | 3.66% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 4 | UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED | 4.26% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
Only in EWS
13 total- SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED 5.25%
- SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD 4.92%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 4.56%
- WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 4.41%
- SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD 4.41%
- CapitaLand Ascendas REIT 4.21%
- SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED 4.21%
- SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 3.90%
- KEPPEL LTD. 3.64%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 3.63%
Only in JIRE
198 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%
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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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