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ETF comparison

EWH vs VPL

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.3 %

23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWH and VPL would leave roughly 3.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWH unmatched 96.3% Shared 3.3% VPL unmatched 96.1%

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.

In EWH only
2 positions
Shared
23 positions
In VPL only
2,314 positions

Side by side

EWH

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

iShares · International Developed

52 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$1.24B
TTM yield
4.45%
Top-10 conc.
70.5%
VPL

Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

90 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$12.66B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
2.30%
Top-10 conc.
23.8%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
93
74
Tax efficiency
78
61
Liquidity
100
14
Concentration
80
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Tracking quality
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EWH 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 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 VPL.

Top shared holdings

23 shared in total
# Holding In EWH In VPL Overlap
1 AIA Group Limited 20.29% 0.87% 0.87%
2 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 16.14% 0.51% 0.51%
3 CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED 5.97% 0.21% 0.21%
4 TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED 5.28% 0.20% 0.20%
5 BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 5.15% 0.20% 0.20%
6 SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED 3.92% 0.16% 0.16%
7 CLP HOLDINGS LIMITED 4.40% 0.13% 0.13%
8 Link Real Estate Investment Trust 3.49% 0.11% 0.11%
9 JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED 2.28% 0.10% 0.10%
10 CK ASSET HOLDINGS LIMITED 2.90% 0.09% 0.09%
11 Power Assets Holdings Limited 2.94% 0.08% 0.08%
12 The Hong Kong & China Gas Co Ltd 2.88% 0.08% 0.08%

Only in EWH

2 total
  • Futu Holdings Limited 1.88%
  • HKT Trust and HKT Limited 1.69%

Only in VPL

2,314 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.61%
  • SK hynix Inc 5.18%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 2.00%
  • BHP Group Ltd 1.77%
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.72%
  • Toyota Motor Corp 1.66%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.28%
  • Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.21%
  • Hitachi Ltd 1.19%
  • Advantest Corp 1.18%

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/.

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.