ETF comparison
BBAX vs VPL
Both International Developed.
JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
94 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BBAX and VPL would leave roughly 18.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VPL is 12 bps cheaper than BBAX. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for BBAX.
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 VPL.
Top shared holdings
94 shared in total| # | Holding | In BBAX | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 9.55% | 1.78% | 1.78% |
| 2 | BHP Group Ltd. | 8.66% | 1.64% | 1.64% |
| 3 | AIA Group Ltd. | 5.20% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 4 | Westpac Banking Corp. | 4.32% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 5 | DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | 4.25% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 6 | National Australia Bank Ltd. | 4.00% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| 7 | ANZ Group Holdings Ltd. | 3.61% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 8 | Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. | 2.88% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 9 | Wesfarmers Ltd. | 2.73% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 10 | Macquarie Group Ltd. | 2.83% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 11 | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. | 2.54% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 12 | Woodside Energy Group Ltd. | 2.05% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
Only in BBAX
3 total- Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. 0.68%
- HKT Trust & HKT Ltd. 0.26%
- N/A 0.01%
Only in VPL
2,238 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.00%
- SK hynix Inc 4.08%
- Toyota Motor Corp 1.73%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.67%
- Hitachi Ltd 1.16%
- Advantest Corp 1.14%
- SoftBank Group Corp 1.13%
- Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.10%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.09%
- Sony Group Corp 1.02%
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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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