ETF comparison
EWH vs IXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
25 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWH and IXUS would leave roughly 1.0% 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
IXUS is 43 bps cheaper than EWH. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/yr more in fees for EWH.
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 EWH vs IXUS.
Top shared holdings
25 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWH | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIA Group Limited | 20.29% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 16.14% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 3 | BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | 5.15% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED | 5.97% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED | 5.28% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED | 3.92% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 7 | CLP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 4.40% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 8 | Link Real Estate Investment Trust | 3.49% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 9 | CK ASSET HOLDINGS LIMITED | 2.90% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 10 | Power Assets Holdings Limited | 2.94% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 11 | The Hong Kong & China Gas Co Ltd | 2.88% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 12 | JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED | 2.28% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in EWH
0 totalEvery EWH position is also held by IXUS.
Only in IXUS
4,464 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
- Roche Holding AG 0.72%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Novartis AG 0.68%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
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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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