ETF comparison
EWJ vs PXF
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Japan ETF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF
Holdings overlap
159 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and PXF would leave roughly 19.0% 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
PXF is 6 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/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 PXF.
Top shared holdings
159 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In PXF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.53% | 0.94% | 0.94% |
| 2 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.62% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 3 | Panasonic Holdings Corporation | 1.23% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 4 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.96% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Corporation | 1.72% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 6 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 0.74% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 7 | Sony Group Corporation | 2.74% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 8 | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited | 1.09% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 9 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.85% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 10 | MITSUI & CO., LTD. | 1.40% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 11 | ITOCHU Corporation | 1.39% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 12 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 2.39% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
Only in EWJ
9 total- ASICS Corporation 0.36%
- Lasertec Corporation 0.31%
- OBIC Co.,Ltd. 0.20%
- Sanrio Company, Ltd. 0.15%
- CAPCOM CO., LTD. 0.13%
- ZENSHO HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. 0.13%
- Rakuten Group, Inc. 0.13%
- TOHO CO., LTD. 0.10%
- SEIBU HOLDINGS INC. 0.08%
Only in PXF
860 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.14%
- Shell PLC 2.10%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.47%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.37%
- Roche Holding AG 1.08%
- BHP Group Ltd. 0.98%
- BP PLC 0.92%
- Glencore PLC 0.83%
- Novartis AG 0.74%
- Banco Santander S.A. 0.72%
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- 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%
- EWJ vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 11.8%
More comparisons with PXF
- PXF vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 16.4%
- PXF vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 15.7%
- PXF vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 13.2%
- PXF vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 9.8%
- PXF vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 8.4%
- PXF vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 8.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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