ETF comparison
DXJ vs ESGD
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
64 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DXJ and ESGD would leave roughly 17.2% 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
ESGD is 28 bps cheaper than DXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for DXJ.
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 DXJ vs ESGD.
Top shared holdings
64 shared in total| # | Holding | In DXJ | In ESGD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 4.63% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 2 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 3.62% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 3 | TOKYO ELECTRON LTD | 3.18% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 4 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP | 3.54% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 5 | HITACHI LTD | 0.91% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 6 | MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 2.70% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 7 | ITOCHU CORP | 1.49% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 8 | BRIDGESTONE CORP | 0.68% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 9 | ADVANTEST CORP | 0.45% | 0.66% | 0.45% |
| 10 | SONY GROUP CORP | 0.44% | 0.82% | 0.44% |
| 11 | TOKIO MARINE HOLDINGS INC | 2.81% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 12 | PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORP | 1.25% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
Only in DXJ
362 total- JAPAN TOBACCO INC 2.14%
- NTT INC 1.97%
- MITSUI & CO. LTD 1.66%
- SUMITOMO CORP 1.50%
- TOYOTA TSUSHO CORP 1.05%
- MS & AD INSURANCE GROUP HOLDINGS INC 1.00%
- SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST GROUP INC 0.88%
- CANON INC 0.87%
- DENSO CORP 0.69%
- INPEX CORP 0.64%
Only in ESGD
287 total- ASML Holding N.V. 3.14%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.55%
- Novartis AG 1.47%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.23%
- SAP SE 1.21%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Allianz SE 1.07%
- Nestle S.A. 1.07%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- INTESA SANPAOLO SPA 0.99%
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- DXJ vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 16.1%
- DXJ vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 15.5%
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- ESGD vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 16.3%
- ESGD vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 15.1%
- ESGD vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 13.7%
- ESGD vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 10.2%
- ESGD vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 9.6%
- ESGD vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 9.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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