ETF comparison
EPP vs IPAC
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF
Holdings overlap
93 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and IPAC would leave roughly 25.0% 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
IPAC is 38 bps cheaper than EPP. On a $100,000 position that's about $380/yr more in fees for EPP.
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 IPAC.
Top shared holdings
93 shared in total| # | Holding | In EPP | In IPAC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 10.07% | 2.32% | 2.32% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8.06% | 2.27% | 2.27% |
| 3 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 5.28% | 1.29% | 1.29% |
| 4 | AIA Group Limited | 4.29% | 1.15% | 1.15% |
| 5 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 3.56% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 6 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 3.57% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 7 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.38% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 8 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 3.41% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 9 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 2.72% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 10 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 2.77% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 11 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 2.61% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 12 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 1.86% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
Only in EPP
0 totalEvery EPP position is also held by IPAC.
Only in IPAC
1,277 total- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 2.58%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.94%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.69%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 1.62%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 1.57%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.57%
- Sony Group Corporation 1.48%
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 1.33%
- SoftBank Group Corp. 1.25%
- Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. 1.13%
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More comparisons with IPAC
- IPAC vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 23.6%
- IPAC vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 21.6%
- IPAC vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 20.9%
- IPAC vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 19.8%
- IPAC vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 19.7%
- IPAC vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 15.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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