ETF comparison
EWJ vs SCHF
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
168 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWJ and SCHF would leave roughly 17.9% 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
SCHF is 46 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $460/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 SCHF.
Top shared holdings
168 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWJ | In SCHF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 4.62% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 3.53% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 3 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 2.96% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 4 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.98% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 5 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 2.85% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 6 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 2.91% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 7 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 2.85% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 8 | Sony Group Corporation | 2.74% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 9 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 2.39% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 10 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 2.27% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 11 | Kioxia Holdings Corporation | 1.84% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 12 | KEYENCE CORPORATION | 1.86% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
Only in EWJ
0 totalEvery EWJ position is also held by SCHF.
Only in SCHF
1,306 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.88%
- SK hynix Inc 2.23%
- ASML Holding NV 2.14%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.17%
- Roche Holding AG 1.01%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.94%
- Novartis AG 0.94%
- Shell PLC 0.84%
- Nestle SA 0.83%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.80%
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- 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%
- EWJ vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 11.8%
More comparisons with SCHF
- SCHF vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 17.2%
- SCHF vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 15.1%
- SCHF vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 12.8%
- SCHF vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 10.7%
- SCHF vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 10.3%
- SCHF vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 9.6%
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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