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EWA vs IPAC

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Australia ETF · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
15.7 %

46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWA and IPAC would leave roughly 15.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWA only 83.7% Shared 15.7% IPAC only 83.3%
In EWA only
0 positions
Shared
46 positions
In IPAC only
1,321 positions

Side by side

EWA

iShares MSCI Australia ETF

iShares · International Developed

55 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$1.45B
TTM yield
2.95%
Top-10 conc.
64.6%
IPAC

iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF

iShares · International Developed

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$2.59B
TTM yield
3.85%
Top-10 conc.
17.4%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
91
77
Tax efficiency
75
64
Liquidity
75
22
Concentration
89
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Tracking quality
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EWA sub-score IPAC

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IPAC is 41 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $410/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 EWA vs IPAC.

Top shared holdings

46 shared in total
# Holding In EWA In IPAC Overlap
1 COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 13.89% 2.30% 2.30%
2 BHP GROUP LIMITED 13.79% 2.19% 2.19%
3 WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 6.92% 1.04% 1.04%
4 NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 7.14% 0.97% 0.97%
5 ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 5.68% 0.87% 0.87%
6 MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED. 3.68% 0.68% 0.68%
7 WESFARMERS LIMITED 4.30% 0.66% 0.66%
8 WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD 2.60% 0.50% 0.50%
9 RIO TINTO LIMITED 2.95% 0.50% 0.50%
10 GOODMAN GROUP 2.81% 0.48% 0.48%
11 CSL LIMITED 3.40% 0.48% 0.48%
12 TRANSURBAN GROUP 2.12% 0.34% 0.34%

Only in EWA

0 total

Every EWA position is also held by IPAC.

Only in IPAC

1,321 total
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 2.21%
  • TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.98%
  • Hitachi, Ltd. 1.59%
  • ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.56%
  • Tokyo Electron Limited 1.44%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.41%
  • SoftBank Group Corp. 1.38%
  • Sony Group Corporation 1.34%
  • AIA Group Limited 1.25%
  • Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 1.17%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.