ETF comparison
AVDEvsIEFA
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
2,018 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and IEFA would leave roughly49.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 thecost calculator pre-filled with AVDE vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
2,018 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 0.94% | 1.13% | 0.94% |
| 2 | UBS Group AG | 0.50% | 0.55% | 0.50% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 0.50% | 0.68% | 0.50% |
| 4 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.48% | 1.16% | 0.48% |
| 5 | SoftBank Group Corp | 0.47% | 0.50% | 0.47% |
| 6 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.49% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 7 | TotalEnergies SE | 0.46% | 0.73% | 0.46% |
| 8 | Safran SA | 0.52% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 9 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.44% | 0.53% | 0.44% |
| 10 | BNP Paribas SA | 0.42% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 11 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 0.40% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 12 | ABB Ltd | 0.40% | 0.62% | 0.40% |
Only in AVDE
1,279 total- ASML Holding NV1.31%
- Shell PLC0.83%
- HSBC Holdings PLC0.81%
- BHP Group Ltd0.59%
- Novartis AG0.54%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA0.52%
- BP PLC0.48%
- Celestica Inc0.46%
- Toyota Motor Corp0.46%
- ING Groep NV0.41%
Only in IEFA
603 total- ASML Holding N.V.2.21%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC1.24%
- Novartis AG1.11%
- SHELL PLC1.02%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.0.80%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED0.79%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION0.71%
- Banco Santander, S.A.0.70%
- SAP SE0.69%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S0.54%
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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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