ETF comparison
AVIV vs EWJ
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF · iShares MSCI Japan ETF
Holdings overlap
67 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVIV and EWJ would leave roughly 11.2% 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
AVIV is 24 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for EWJ.
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Top shared holdings
67 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVIV | In EWJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SoftBank Group Corp | 0.69% | 2.27% | 0.69% |
| 2 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd | 0.52% | 1.47% | 0.52% |
| 3 | TDK Corp | 0.44% | 0.69% | 0.44% |
| 4 | Daiichi Life Group Inc | 0.41% | 0.75% | 0.41% |
| 5 | Sumitomo Corp | 0.41% | 0.86% | 0.41% |
| 6 | KDDI Corp | 0.39% | 1.03% | 0.39% |
| 7 | Sompo Holdings Inc | 0.37% | 0.66% | 0.37% |
| 8 | Bridgestone Corp | 0.35% | 0.52% | 0.35% |
| 9 | Astellas Pharma Inc | 0.31% | 0.48% | 0.31% |
| 10 | ENEOS Holdings Inc | 0.31% | 0.41% | 0.31% |
| 11 | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc | 0.28% | 0.53% | 0.28% |
| 12 | Tokio Marine Holdings Inc | 0.27% | 1.63% | 0.27% |
Only in AVIV
527 total- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 2.57%
- Safran SA 2.05%
- Roche Holding AG 1.76%
- Shell PLC 1.73%
- UBS Group AG 1.48%
- Zurich Insurance Group AG 1.45%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.44%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.32%
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.29%
- Allianz SE 1.26%
Only in EWJ
101 total- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 4.62%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3.53%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 2.98%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 2.96%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 2.91%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 2.85%
- Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. 2.85%
- Sony Group Corporation 2.74%
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 2.39%
- KEYENCE CORPORATION 1.86%
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- AVIV vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 11.0%
- AVIV vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 8.4%
- AVIV vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 7.7%
- AVIV vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 7.7%
- AVIV vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 7.6%
- AVIV vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 7.3%
More comparisons with EWJ
- EWJ vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 4.5%
- EWJ vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 2.7%
- EWJ vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 0.2%
- EWJ vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 0.0%
- EWJ vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 0.0%
- EWJ vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 0.0%
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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