ETF comparison
DXJ vs EWJ
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund · iShares MSCI Japan ETF
Holdings overlap
103 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DXJ and EWJ would leave roughly 59.8% 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
DXJ is 1 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 DXJ vs EWJ.
Top shared holdings
103 shared in total| # | Holding | In DXJ | In EWJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 4.63% | 4.62% | 4.62% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP | 3.54% | 3.53% | 3.53% |
| 3 | TOKYO ELECTRON LTD | 3.18% | 2.98% | 2.98% |
| 4 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 3.62% | 2.96% | 2.96% |
| 5 | MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 2.70% | 2.39% | 2.39% |
| 6 | MITSUBISHI CORP | 2.27% | 1.72% | 1.72% |
| 7 | TOKIO MARINE HOLDINGS INC | 2.81% | 1.63% | 1.63% |
| 8 | MITSUI & CO. LTD | 1.66% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 9 | ITOCHU CORP | 1.49% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 10 | MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD | 2.06% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 11 | PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORP | 1.25% | 1.23% | 1.23% |
| 12 | SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL COMPANY LTD | 1.31% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
Only in DXJ
323 total- TAIYO YUDEN CO LTD 0.34%
- NITERRA CO LTD 0.30%
- NGK CORP 0.28%
- THK CO LTD 0.27%
- NISSAN CHEMICAL CORP 0.25%
- ROHM COMPANY LTD 0.23%
- ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD 0.23%
- TOSOH CORP 0.23%
- SOJITZ CORP 0.21%
- JAPAN AIRLINES CO LTD 0.21%
Only in EWJ
65 total- SoftBank Group Corp. 2.27%
- Kioxia Holdings Corporation 1.84%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.03%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.81%
- SoftBank Corp. 0.81%
- JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. 0.72%
- Renesas Electronics Corporation 0.69%
- Resona Holdings, Inc. 0.62%
- KYOCERA CORPORATION 0.51%
- JAPAN POST HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd. 0.49%
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- DXJ vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 35.1%
- DXJ vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 18.7%
- DXJ vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 17.5%
- DXJ vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 17.4%
More comparisons with EWJ
- EWJ vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 54.9%
- EWJ vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 42.7%
- EWJ vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 24.6%
- EWJ vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 23.3%
- EWJ vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 23.3%
- EWJ vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 23.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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