ETF comparison
EFA vs EFG
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
359 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and EFG would leave roughly 54.9% 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
EFA is 2 bps cheaper than EFG. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for EFG.
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 EFA vs EFG.
Top shared holdings
359 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In EFG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.90% | 5.92% | 2.90% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.17% | 2.38% | 1.17% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.39% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 4 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.95% | 1.94% | 0.95% |
| 5 | Novartis AG | 1.30% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 6 | SAP SE | 0.87% | 1.77% | 0.87% |
| 7 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.84% | 1.71% | 0.84% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.10% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 9 | UBS Group AG | 0.76% | 1.56% | 0.76% |
| 10 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.76% | 1.55% | 0.76% |
| 11 | ABB Ltd | 0.70% | 1.43% | 0.70% |
| 12 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.97% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
Only in EFA
315 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.66%
- Nestle S.A. 1.17%
- SHELL PLC 1.17%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
- Allianz SE 0.86%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.81%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.79%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.72%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.71%
- Iberdrola, S.A. 0.67%
Only in EFG
0 totalEvery EFG position is also held by EFA.
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- EFA vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 46.5%
- EFA vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 42.8%
- EFA vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 35.0%
More comparisons with EFG
- EFG vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 54.6%
- EFG vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 52.7%
- EFG vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 49.3%
- EFG vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 49.0%
- EFG vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 48.8%
- EFG vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 48.2%
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/.
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