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ETF comparison

AVDE vs IEFA

Both International Developed.

Avantis International Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
49.1 %

2,004 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and IEFA would leave roughly 49.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AVDE unmatched 50.2% Shared 49.1% IEFA unmatched 50.5%

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
1,292 positions
Shared
2,004 positions
In IEFA only
609 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%
IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$190.21B
TTM yield
3.44%
Top-10 conc.
11.9%

Sub-score comparison

77
Cost
93
77
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
97
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Tracking quality
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AVDE sub-score IEFA

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

Cost difference

IEFA is 16 bps cheaper than AVDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for AVDE.

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 IEFA.

Top shared holdings

2,004 shared in total
# Holding In AVDE In IEFA Overlap
1 Roche Holding AG 0.94% 1.20% 0.94%
2 Safran SA 0.52% 0.53% 0.52%
3 UBS Group AG 0.50% 0.65% 0.50%
4 Allianz SE 0.50% 0.74% 0.50%
5 AstraZeneca PLC 0.48% 1.00% 0.48%
6 TotalEnergies SE 0.46% 0.67% 0.46%
7 SoftBank Group Corp 0.47% 0.45% 0.45%
8 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.44% 0.65% 0.44%
9 BNP Paribas SA 0.42% 0.49% 0.42%
10 Deutsche Telekom AG 0.49% 0.41% 0.41%
11 Zurich Insurance Group AG 0.40% 0.44% 0.40%
12 ABB Ltd 0.40% 0.60% 0.40%

Only in AVDE

1,292 total
  • ASML Holding NV 1.31%
  • 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%
  • BP PLC 0.48%
  • Celestica Inc 0.46%
  • Toyota Motor Corp 0.46%
  • ING Groep NV 0.41%

Only in IEFA

609 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
  • Novartis AG 1.12%
  • SHELL PLC 1.00%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%
  • Banco Santander, S.A. 0.79%
  • SAP SE 0.74%
  • TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.70%
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.61%

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.