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EWA vs VPL

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Australia ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
12.1 %

46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWA and VPL would leave roughly 12.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWA only 87.4% Shared 12.1% VPL only 87.0%
In EWA only
0 positions
Shared
46 positions
In VPL only
2,286 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%
VPL

Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

90 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$13.83B
TTM yield
2.71%
Top-10 conc.
21.9%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
93
77
Tax efficiency
78
64
Liquidity
100
22
Concentration
83
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Tracking quality
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EWA sub-score VPL

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

Cost difference

VPL is 43 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/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 VPL.

Top shared holdings

46 shared in total
# Holding In EWA In VPL Overlap
1 COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 13.89% 1.78% 1.78%
2 BHP GROUP LIMITED 13.79% 1.64% 1.64%
3 WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 6.92% 0.81% 0.81%
4 NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 7.14% 0.75% 0.75%
5 ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 5.68% 0.68% 0.68%
6 WESFARMERS LIMITED 4.30% 0.51% 0.51%
7 MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED. 3.68% 0.50% 0.50%
8 WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD 2.60% 0.38% 0.38%
9 RIO TINTO LIMITED 2.95% 0.38% 0.38%
10 CSL LIMITED 3.40% 0.37% 0.37%
11 GOODMAN GROUP 2.81% 0.36% 0.36%
12 TRANSURBAN GROUP 2.12% 0.27% 0.27%

Only in EWA

0 total

Every EWA position is also held by VPL.

Only in VPL

2,286 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.00%
  • SK hynix Inc 4.08%
  • Toyota Motor Corp 1.73%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.67%
  • Hitachi Ltd 1.16%
  • Advantest Corp 1.14%
  • SoftBank Group Corp 1.13%
  • Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.10%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.09%
  • Sony Group Corp 1.02%

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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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