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ETF comparison

AVDE vs EWU

Both International Developed.

Avantis International Equity ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
4.8 %

49 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and EWU would leave roughly 4.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AVDE unmatched 94.4% Shared 4.8% EWU unmatched 94.2%

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.

In AVDE only
3,247 positions
Shared
49 positions
In EWU only
23 positions

Side by side

AVDE

Avantis International Equity ETF

Avantis · International Developed

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.23%
Net assets
$19.08B
TTM yield
2.85%
Top-10 conc.
7.0%
EWU

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

iShares · International Developed

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$3.67B
TTM yield
3.15%
Top-10 conc.
52.4%

Sub-score comparison

77
Cost
50
77
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
81
100
Concentration
39
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Tracking quality
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AVDE sub-score EWU

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

Cost difference

AVDE is 27 bps cheaper than EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/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 AVDE vs EWU.

Top shared holdings

49 shared in total
# Holding In AVDE In EWU Overlap
1 AstraZeneca PLC 0.48% 8.98% 0.48%
2 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.44% 4.71% 0.44%
3 Glencore PLC 0.34% 2.37% 0.34%
4 Standard Chartered PLC 0.33% 1.60% 0.33%
5 Anglo American PLC 0.19% 1.87% 0.19%
6 BT Group PLC 0.18% 0.52% 0.18%
7 Tesco PLC 0.17% 1.15% 0.17%
8 Legal & General Group PLC 0.17% 0.65% 0.17%
9 SSE PLC 0.16% 1.18% 0.16%
10 Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.16% 1.02% 0.16%
11 Next PLC 0.16% 0.64% 0.16%
12 Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC 0.13% 1.24% 0.13%

Only in AVDE

3,247 total
  • ASML Holding NV 1.31%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.94%
  • Shell PLC 0.83%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.81%
  • BHP Group Ltd 0.59%
  • Novartis AG 0.54%
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.52%
  • Safran SA 0.52%
  • UBS Group AG 0.50%
  • Allianz SE 0.50%

Only in EWU

23 total
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 10.06%
  • SHELL PLC 7.51%
  • BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 4.20%
  • UNILEVER PLC 3.83%
  • RIO TINTO PLC 3.74%
  • BP P.L.C. 3.47%
  • GSK PLC 3.21%
  • BARCLAYS PLC 2.64%
  • LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC 2.51%
  • NATIONAL GRID PLC 2.49%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.