ETF comparison
EWU vs JIRE
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
29 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWU and JIRE would leave roughly 17.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
JIRE is 26 bps cheaper than EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU vs JIRE.
Top shared holdings
29 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWU | In JIRE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AstraZeneca PLC | 9.64% | 2.06% | 2.06% |
| 2 | Shell PLC | 7.17% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 3 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 9.51% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 4 | Barclays PLC | 2.50% | 0.99% | 0.99% |
| 5 | National Grid PLC | 2.74% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 6 | London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 1.64% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 7 | NatWest Group PLC | 1.97% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 8 | RELX PLC | 1.88% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 9 | SSE PLC | 1.29% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 10 | British American Tobacco PLC | 4.03% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 11 | BP PLC | 3.01% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 12 | 3i Group PLC | 1.31% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
Only in EWU
45 total- Anglo American PLC 1.65%
- Experian PLC 1.02%
- Imperial Brands PLC 1.01%
- Ashtead Group PLC 0.89%
- Vodafone Group PLC 0.87%
- Aviva PLC 0.83%
- Antofagasta PLC 0.67%
- Halma PLC 0.63%
- Legal & General Group PLC 0.61%
- BT Group PLC 0.52%
Only in JIRE
178 total- ASML Holding NV 3.17%
- Siemens AG 1.67%
- Allianz SE 1.43%
- Nestle SA 1.40%
- Roche Holding AG 1.27%
- Banco Santander SA 1.21%
- Novartis AG 1.20%
- Toyota Motor Corp. 1.17%
- Air Liquide SA 1.15%
- Safran SA 1.15%
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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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