ETF comparison
EFA vs EWU
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
67 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and EWU would leave roughly 14.7% 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 EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU.
Top shared holdings
67 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In EWU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.66% | 10.06% | 1.66% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 1.17% | 7.51% | 1.17% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.17% | 8.98% | 1.17% |
| 4 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.76% | 4.71% | 0.76% |
| 5 | UNILEVER PLC | 0.63% | 3.83% | 0.63% |
| 6 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 0.55% | 4.20% | 0.55% |
| 7 | BP P.L.C. | 0.54% | 3.47% | 0.54% |
| 8 | GSK PLC | 0.48% | 3.21% | 0.48% |
| 9 | RIO TINTO PLC | 0.47% | 3.74% | 0.47% |
| 10 | BARCLAYS PLC | 0.43% | 2.64% | 0.43% |
| 11 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 0.41% | 2.51% | 0.41% |
| 12 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 0.38% | 2.55% | 0.38% |
Only in EFA
607 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.90%
- Roche Holding AG 1.39%
- Novartis AG 1.30%
- Nestle S.A. 1.17%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.10%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.95%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.93%
- SAP SE 0.87%
Only in EWU
5 total- WHITBREAD PLC 0.17%
- AUTOTRADER GROUP PLC 0.16%
- BARRATT REDROW PLC 0.15%
- Entain plc 0.14%
- JD SPORTS FASHION PLC 0.09%
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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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