ETF comparison
DXJ vs VPL
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
413 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DXJ and VPL would leave roughly 34.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VPL is 41 bps cheaper than DXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $410/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 VPL.
Top shared holdings
413 shared in total| # | Holding | In DXJ | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toyota Motor Corp. | 4.56% | 1.73% | 1.73% |
| 2 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. | 4.71% | 1.67% | 1.67% |
| 3 | Tokyo Electron Ltd. | 1.69% | 1.10% | 1.10% |
| 4 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. | 3.06% | 1.09% | 1.09% |
| 5 | Hitachi Ltd. | 1.02% | 1.16% | 1.02% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi Corp. | 3.06% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 7 | Mizuho Financial Group Inc. | 2.31% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 8 | Mitsui & Co Ltd. | 2.44% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 9 | Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd. | 1.28% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 10 | Fast Retailing Co Ltd. | 0.92% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 11 | Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. | 3.13% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 12 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | 1.09% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
Only in DXJ
17 total- MCJ COMPANY LTD 0.05%
- KURODA GROUP CO LTD 0.05%
- FUJIKURA COMPOSITE INC 0.05%
- SUN-WA TECHNOS CORP 0.04%
- Tomen Devices Corp 0.03%
- MORITO COMPANY LTD 0.03%
- Y.A.C Holdings Co Ltd 0.03%
- MARUBUN CORP 0.03%
- ZERO COMPANY LTD 0.03%
- Hagiwara Electric Holdings Co Ltd 0.03%
Only in VPL
1,919 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.00%
- SK hynix Inc 4.08%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.78%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.64%
- SoftBank Group Corp 1.13%
- AIA Group Ltd 0.98%
- Westpac Banking Corp 0.81%
- DBS Group Holdings Ltd 0.79%
- National Australia Bank Ltd 0.75%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.73%
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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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