ETF comparison
EWY vs VXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
iShares MSCI South Korea ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
81 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWY and VXUS would leave roughly 5.1% 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
VXUS is 54 bps cheaper than EWY. On a $100,000 position that's about $540/yr more in fees for EWY.
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 EWY vs VXUS.
Top shared holdings
81 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWY | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 23.88% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 30.85% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 3 | SK Square Co., Ltd. | 3.08% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 4 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 3.42% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 5 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 1.40% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 6 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 2.43% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.07% | 0.23% | 0.07% |
| 8 | SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD | 1.03% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 9 | Hana Financial Group Inc. | 0.83% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 10 | NAVER Corporation | 0.85% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | KIA CORPORATION | 1.01% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 1.01% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in EWY
0 totalEvery EWY position is also held by VXUS.
Only in VXUS
8,655 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
- Nestle SA 0.59%
- Shell PLC 0.58%
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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/.
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.