ETF comparison
EFA vs EWA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and EWA would leave roughly 6.6% 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 18 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for EWA.
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 EWA.
Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In EWA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.97% | 15.69% | 0.97% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.95% | 13.76% | 0.95% |
| 3 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 0.41% | 6.14% | 0.41% |
| 4 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 0.40% | 5.71% | 0.40% |
| 5 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 0.36% | 5.30% | 0.36% |
| 6 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 0.32% | 4.51% | 0.32% |
| 7 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 0.29% | 4.31% | 0.29% |
| 8 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 0.20% | 2.89% | 0.20% |
| 9 | RIO TINTO LIMITED | 0.20% | 3.45% | 0.20% |
| 10 | CSL LIMITED | 0.19% | 2.34% | 0.19% |
| 11 | GOODMAN GROUP | 0.19% | 3.22% | 0.19% |
| 12 | WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED | 0.15% | 2.14% | 0.15% |
Only in EFA
628 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.90%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.66%
- Roche Holding AG 1.39%
- Novartis AG 1.30%
- Nestle S.A. 1.17%
- SHELL PLC 1.17%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.17%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.10%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.93%
Only in EWA
0 totalEvery EWA 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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