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EFA vs EWC

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares MSCI Canada ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and EWC would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EFA unmatched 99.6% Shared 0.0% EWC unmatched 99.7%

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.

In EFA only
674 positions
Shared
0 positions
In EWC only
84 positions

Side by side

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.32%
Net assets
$76.70B
TTM yield
3.28%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%
EWC

iShares MSCI Canada ETF

iShares · International Developed

67 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$7.02B
TTM yield
1.24%
Top-10 conc.
43.0%

Sub-score comparison

68
Cost
50
76
Tax efficiency
81
100
Liquidity
93
94
Concentration
53
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Tracking quality
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EFA sub-score EWC

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

EFA is 18 bps cheaper than EWC. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for EWC.

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 EWC.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EFA

674 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%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%

Only in EWC

84 total
  • ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 8.71%
  • THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 6.28%
  • SHOPIFY INC. 4.74%
  • Enbridge Inc. 3.89%
  • BANK OF MONTREAL 3.74%
  • CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE 3.30%
  • THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 3.22%
  • CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 3.08%
  • Brookfield Corporation 3.05%
  • AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 3.00%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.