ETF comparison
BBEU vs EFA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
316 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BBEU and EFA would leave roughly 60.9% 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
BBEU is 23 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for EFA.
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 BBEU vs EFA.
Top shared holdings
316 shared in total| # | Holding | In BBEU | In EFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 4.58% | 2.90% | 2.90% |
| 2 | HSBC Holdings plc | 2.62% | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 2.16% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 2.14% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 5 | Nestle SA | 1.78% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 6 | Shell plc | 1.83% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 7 | AstraZeneca plc | 1.89% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 8 | Siemens AG | 1.68% | 1.10% | 1.10% |
| 9 | Banco Santander SA | 1.46% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 10 | SAP SE | 1.35% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 11 | Allianz SE | 1.36% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 12 | Schneider Electric SE | 1.30% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
Only in BBEU
36 total- Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA 0.18%
- Amrize Ltd. 0.17%
- Investor AB 0.17%
- ORLEN SA 0.17%
- Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA 0.10%
- KGHM Polska Miedz SA 0.08%
- Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA 0.08%
- Allegro.eu SA 0.08%
- BioNTech SE 0.07%
- Weir Group plc (The) 0.07%
Only in EFA
358 total- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.95%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.81%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.71%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 0.68%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 0.66%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.66%
- Sony Group Corporation 0.62%
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 0.56%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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