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EWJ vs FLJP

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF · Franklin FTSE Japan ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
83.0 %

181 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and FLJP would leave roughly 83.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWJ only 16.9% Shared 83.0% FLJP only 16.5%
In EWJ only
0 positions
Shared
181 positions
In FLJP only
297 positions

Side by side

EWJ

iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares · International Developed

72 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$22.31B
TTM yield
3.81%
Top-10 conc.
27.9%
FLJP

Franklin FTSE Japan ETF

Franklin Templeton · International Developed

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$3.79B
TTM yield
4.23%
Top-10 conc.
22.9%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
91
75
Tax efficiency
75
100
Liquidity
82
74
Concentration
82
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Tracking quality
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EWJ sub-score FLJP

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

Cost difference

FLJP is 40 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/yr more in fees for EWJ.

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 EWJ vs FLJP.

Top shared holdings

181 shared in total
# Holding In EWJ In FLJP Overlap
1 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 4.41% 3.90% 3.90%
2 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 4.09% 3.32% 3.32%
3 Hitachi, Ltd. 2.88% 2.25% 2.25%
4 Sony Group Corporation 2.72% 2.24% 2.24%
5 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 2.66% 2.11% 2.11%
6 Mitsubishi Corporation 2.09% 2.02% 2.02%
7 Tokyo Electron Limited 2.42% 1.90% 1.90%
8 MITSUI & CO., LTD. 1.78% 1.75% 1.75%
9 ADVANTEST CORPORATION 2.54% 1.70% 1.70%
10 Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 2.13% 1.70% 1.70%
11 SoftBank Group Corp. 1.88% 1.62% 1.62%
12 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 1.96% 1.57% 1.57%

Only in EWJ

0 total

Every EWJ position is also held by FLJP.

Only in FLJP

297 total
  • Institutional Fidu 0.50%
  • Furukawa Electric Co Ltd. 0.23%
  • Ibiden Co Ltd. 0.22%
  • Resonac Holdings Corp. 0.21%
  • Mitsui Kinzoku Co Ltd. 0.17%
  • Shimizu Corp. 0.16%
  • Niterra Co Ltd. 0.15%
  • Sojitz Corp. 0.15%
  • Shizuoka Financial Group Inc. 0.14%
  • FUKUOKA FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.12%

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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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