ETF comparison
EPP vs EWA
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI Australia ETF
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and EWA would leave roughly 63.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EPP is 3 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for EWA.
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 EPP vs EWA.
Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In EPP | In EWA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 8.87% | 13.89% | 8.87% |
| 2 | BHP Group Ltd | 8.80% | 13.79% | 8.80% |
| 3 | National Australia Bank Ltd | 4.56% | 7.14% | 4.56% |
| 4 | Westpac Banking Corp | 4.43% | 6.92% | 4.43% |
| 5 | ANZ Group Holdings Ltd | 3.64% | 5.68% | 3.64% |
| 6 | Wesfarmers Ltd | 2.75% | 4.30% | 2.75% |
| 7 | Macquarie Group Ltd | 2.36% | 3.68% | 2.36% |
| 8 | CSL Ltd | 2.17% | 3.40% | 2.17% |
| 9 | Rio Tinto Ltd | 1.89% | 2.95% | 1.89% |
| 10 | Goodman Group | 1.79% | 2.81% | 1.79% |
| 11 | Woodside Energy Group Ltd | 1.65% | 2.60% | 1.65% |
| 12 | Transurban Group | 1.35% | 2.12% | 1.35% |
Only in EPP
48 total- AIA Group Ltd 4.98%
- DBS Group Holdings Ltd 3.87%
- Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd 2.49%
- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd 2.44%
- Sea Ltd 1.78%
- United Overseas Bank Ltd 1.56%
- Singapore Telecommunications Ltd 1.27%
- Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd 1.17%
- Techtronic Industries Co Ltd 1.02%
- BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd 0.98%
Only in EWA
0 totalEvery EWA position is also held by EPP.
Open EPP or EWA at a brokerage
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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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