ETF comparison
IPAC vs VPL
Both International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,316 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IPAC and VPL would leave roughly 75.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VPL is 2 bps cheaper than IPAC. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for IPAC.
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 IPAC vs VPL.
Top shared holdings
1,316 shared in total| # | Holding | In IPAC | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 2.30% | 1.78% | 1.78% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 1.98% | 1.73% | 1.73% |
| 3 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 2.21% | 1.67% | 1.67% |
| 4 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 2.19% | 1.64% | 1.64% |
| 5 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 1.59% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 6 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 1.56% | 1.14% | 1.14% |
| 7 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 1.38% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 8 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 1.44% | 1.10% | 1.10% |
| 9 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 1.41% | 1.09% | 1.09% |
| 10 | Sony Group Corporation | 1.34% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 11 | AIA Group Limited | 1.25% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 12 | Mitsubishi Corporation | 1.12% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
Only in IPAC
51 total- SEA LIMITED 0.37%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.10%
- Futu Holdings Limited 0.10%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 0.10%
- HKT Trust and HKT Limited 0.07%
- HAFNIA LIMITED 0.03%
- WEST AFRICAN RESOURCES LTD 0.02%
- Bitdeer Technologies Group 0.01%
- GNI Group Ltd. 0.01%
- Jiaxin International Resources Investment Ltd 0.01%
Only in VPL
1,016 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.00%
- SK hynix Inc 4.08%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.73%
- SK Square Co Ltd 0.44%
- Hyundai Motor Co 0.41%
- KB Financial Group Inc 0.33%
- Doosan Enerbility Co Ltd 0.33%
- Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd 0.28%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.27%
- Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.24%
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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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