ETF comparison
EWJ vs FNDF
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Japan ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
147 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and FNDF would leave roughly 19.1% 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
FNDF is 24 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/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 FNDF.
Top shared holdings
147 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In FNDF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.53% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 2 | Panasonic Holdings Corporation | 1.23% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 3 | Mitsubishi Corporation | 1.72% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 4 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 0.74% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 5 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.85% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 6 | MITSUI & CO., LTD. | 1.40% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 7 | Sony Group Corporation | 2.74% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 8 | ITOCHU Corporation | 1.39% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.62% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 10 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.96% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 11 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 2.85% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 12 | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited | 1.09% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
Only in EWJ
21 total- IBIDEN CO.,LTD. 0.56%
- ORIENTAL LAND CO., LTD. 0.39%
- ASICS Corporation 0.36%
- Lasertec Corporation 0.31%
- Japan Exchange Group, Inc. 0.25%
- KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION 0.25%
- Yokohama Financial Group, Inc. 0.22%
- OBIC Co.,Ltd. 0.20%
- The Chiba Bank, Ltd. 0.18%
- Sanrio Company, Ltd. 0.15%
Only in FNDF
739 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.73%
- Shell PLC 2.40%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.68%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.23%
- Glencore PLC 1.12%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.11%
- BP PLC 1.04%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- Banco Santander SA 0.83%
- Rio Tinto PLC 0.74%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with EWJ
- EWJ vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 19.0%
- EWJ vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 17.9%
- EWJ vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 17.4%
- EWJ vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 17.3%
- EWJ vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 16.8%
- EWJ vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 16.3%
More comparisons with FNDF
- FNDF vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 16.9%
- FNDF vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 15.8%
- FNDF vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 13.6%
- FNDF vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 10.4%
- FNDF vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 8.3%
- FNDF vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 8.3%
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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