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ETF comparison

EWH vs VXUS

International Developed vs International Total.

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.9 %

23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWH and VXUS would leave roughly 0.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWH unmatched 98.7% Shared 0.9% VXUS unmatched 96.5%

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 VXUS only
8,713 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%
VXUS

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Total

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$630.01B
whole fund, 6 share classes
TTM yield
2.40%
Top-10 conc.
13.2%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
95
74
Tax efficiency
78
61
Liquidity
100
14
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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EWH sub-score VXUS

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

Cost difference

VXUS is 45 bps cheaper than EWH. On a $100,000 position that's about $450/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 VXUS.

Top shared holdings

23 shared in total
# Holding In EWH In VXUS Overlap
1 AIA Group Limited 20.29% 0.24% 0.24%
2 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 16.14% 0.14% 0.14%
3 CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED 5.97% 0.06% 0.06%
4 TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED 5.28% 0.05% 0.05%
5 BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 5.15% 0.05% 0.05%
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 JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED 2.28% 0.03% 0.03%
10 CK ASSET HOLDINGS LIMITED 2.90% 0.03% 0.03%
11 Power Assets Holdings Limited 2.94% 0.02% 0.02%
12 The Hong Kong & China Gas Co Ltd 2.88% 0.02% 0.02%

Only in EWH

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

Only in VXUS

8,713 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
  • ASML Holding NV 1.45%
  • SK hynix Inc 1.43%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.70%
  • Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
  • Novartis AG 0.66%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%

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.