ETF comparison
BBAX vs EWS
Both International Developed.
JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF
Holdings overlap
12 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BBAX and EWS would leave roughly 13.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BBAX is 31 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/yr more in fees for EWS.
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 BBAX vs EWS.
Top shared holdings
12 shared in total| # | Holding | In BBAX | In EWS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | 4.25% | 22.55% | 4.25% |
| 2 | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. | 2.54% | 5.14% | 2.54% |
| 3 | United Overseas Bank Ltd. | 1.73% | 4.86% | 1.73% |
| 4 | Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. | 1.35% | 4.79% | 1.35% |
| 5 | Singapore Exchange Ltd. | 0.63% | 4.59% | 0.63% |
| 6 | Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. | 0.60% | 5.39% | 0.60% |
| 7 | Keppel Ltd. | 0.55% | 5.76% | 0.55% |
| 8 | CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust | 0.50% | 3.18% | 0.50% |
| 9 | CapitaLand Ascendas REIT | 0.33% | 4.27% | 0.33% |
| 10 | Singapore Airlines Ltd. | 0.33% | 4.82% | 0.33% |
| 11 | Wilmar International Ltd. | 0.23% | 4.72% | 0.23% |
| 12 | CapitaLand Investment Ltd. | 0.22% | 1.62% | 0.22% |
Only in BBAX
85 total- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 9.55%
- BHP Group Ltd. 8.66%
- AIA Group Ltd. 5.20%
- Westpac Banking Corp. 4.32%
- National Australia Bank Ltd. 4.00%
- ANZ Group Holdings Ltd. 3.61%
- Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. 2.88%
- Macquarie Group Ltd. 2.83%
- Wesfarmers Ltd. 2.73%
- Rio Tinto Ltd. 2.06%
Only in EWS
5 total- Sea Ltd 13.95%
- Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd 5.71%
- Sembcorp Industries Ltd 4.24%
- BlackRock Funds III 3.55%
- Grab Holdings Ltd 3.18%
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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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