ETF comparison
HEDJ vs IXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
119 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HEDJ and IXUS would leave roughly 9.3% 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
IXUS is 51 bps cheaper than HEDJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $510/yr more in fees for HEDJ.
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 HEDJ vs IXUS.
Top shared holdings
119 shared in total| # | Holding | In HEDJ | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 7.50% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 2 | SIEMENS AG | 4.19% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 3 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 4.84% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 4 | SAP SE | 1.40% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 5 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 1.88% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 6 | BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA | 6.34% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 7 | AIRBUS SE | 0.97% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 8 | SAFRAN SA | 0.80% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 9 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 3.96% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 10 | L'AIR LIQUIDE SA | 1.46% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 11 | DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG | 3.17% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 12 | L'OREAL SA | 3.05% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
Only in HEDJ
11 total- ELECNOR SA 0.35%
- PUIG BRANDS SA 0.34%
- EBRO FOODS SA 0.33%
- CAREL INDUSTRIES SPA 0.31%
- EL. EN. - ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING SPA 0.14%
- MOTA ENGIL SGPS SA 0.14%
- PALFINGER AG 0.13%
- PROSEGUR CASH SA 0.09%
- FERRETTI SPA 0.09%
- ACS ACTIVIDADES DE CONSTRUCCION Y SERVICIOS SA 0.03%
Only in IXUS
4,370 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
- Roche Holding AG 0.72%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Novartis AG 0.68%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
- Nestle S.A. 0.60%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with HEDJ
- HEDJ vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 9.0%
- HEDJ vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 8.6%
- HEDJ vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 8.2%
- HEDJ vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 7.8%
- HEDJ vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 7.2%
- HEDJ vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 4.3%
More comparisons with IXUS
- IXUS vs JGLO · Jpmorgan Global Select Equity ETF 8.9%
- IXUS vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 8.6%
- IXUS vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 7.7%
- IXUS vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 7.4%
- IXUS vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 7.2%
- IXUS vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 7.0%
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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