ETF comparison
EWU vs JIRE
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
30 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWU and JIRE would leave roughly 16.6% 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 EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU vs JIRE.
Top shared holdings
30 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWU | In JIRE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8.98% | 1.69% | 1.69% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 7.51% | 1.55% | 1.55% |
| 3 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 10.06% | 1.54% | 1.54% |
| 4 | BARCLAYS PLC | 2.64% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 5 | NATWEST GROUP PLC | 2.01% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 6 | RELX PLC | 1.85% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 7 | NATIONAL GRID PLC | 2.49% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 8 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 4.20% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 9 | LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC | 1.73% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 10 | UNILEVER PLC | 3.83% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 11 | BP P.L.C. | 3.47% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 12 | SSE PLC | 1.18% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
Only in EWU
42 total- ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 1.87%
- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 1.02%
- EXPERIAN PLC 0.99%
- VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.88%
- IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC 0.85%
- AVIVA PLC 0.78%
- ANTOFAGASTA PLC 0.68%
- LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 0.65%
- BT GROUP PLC 0.52%
- RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC 0.47%
Only in JIRE
172 total- ASML Holding NV 3.48%
- Siemens AG 1.78%
- Allianz SE 1.51%
- Banco Santander SA 1.36%
- UniCredit SpA 1.33%
- Nestle SA 1.33%
- Roche Holding AG 1.32%
- Safran SA 1.30%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.22%
- Novartis AG 1.22%
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- JIRE vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 7.4%
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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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