ETF comparison
EFA vs EFV
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
404 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and EFV would leave roughly 56.4% 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
EFV is 1 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 EFA vs EFV.
Top shared holdings
404 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In EFV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.66% | 3.22% | 1.66% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.39% | 1.78% | 1.39% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.30% | 1.66% | 1.30% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 1.17% | 2.29% | 1.17% |
| 5 | SHELL PLC | 1.17% | 2.28% | 1.17% |
| 6 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.10% | 1.41% | 1.10% |
| 7 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 1.08% | 2.12% | 1.08% |
| 8 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.97% | 1.24% | 0.97% |
| 9 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.93% | 1.18% | 0.93% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.86% | 1.68% | 0.86% |
| 11 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.81% | 1.60% | 0.81% |
| 12 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.79% | 1.54% | 0.79% |
Only in EFA
270 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.90%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.17%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.95%
- SAP SE 0.87%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.84%
- UBS Group AG 0.76%
- ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.76%
- ABB Ltd 0.70%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.69%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 0.68%
Only in EFV
0 totalEvery EFV position is also held by EFA.
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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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