ETF comparison
AVDE vs EWJ
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
155 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and EWJ would leave roughly 11.4% 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
AVDE is 26 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for EWJ.
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 AVDE vs EWJ.
Top shared holdings
155 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In EWJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advantest Corp | 0.42% | 2.91% | 0.42% |
| 2 | Fujikura Ltd | 0.35% | 0.97% | 0.35% |
| 3 | SoftBank Group Corp | 0.32% | 2.27% | 0.32% |
| 4 | Hitachi Ltd | 0.29% | 2.85% | 0.29% |
| 5 | Recruit Holdings Co Ltd | 0.25% | 2.85% | 0.25% |
| 6 | Tokio Marine Holdings Inc | 0.23% | 1.63% | 0.23% |
| 7 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd | 0.21% | 1.47% | 0.21% |
| 8 | Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd | 0.21% | 0.75% | 0.21% |
| 9 | MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc | 0.21% | 0.72% | 0.21% |
| 10 | Daiichi Life Group Inc | 0.20% | 0.75% | 0.20% |
| 11 | Ibiden Co Ltd | 0.19% | 0.56% | 0.19% |
| 12 | Mitsui Kinzoku Co Ltd | 0.24% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
Only in AVDE
3,174 total- ASML Holding NV 1.32%
- Roche Holding AG 0.93%
- Shell PLC 0.85%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.62%
- BHP Group Ltd 0.61%
- UBS Group AG 0.57%
- Allianz SE 0.56%
- Safran SA 0.54%
- Novartis AG 0.53%
Only in EWJ
13 total- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 4.62%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3.53%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 2.96%
- Sony Group Corporation 2.74%
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 2.39%
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 1.09%
- JAPAN TOBACCO INC. 0.90%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.81%
- HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. 0.74%
- Nomura Holdings, Inc. 0.57%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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