ETF comparison
EFA vs FEZ
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
50 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and FEZ would leave roughly 23.3% 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
FEZ is 3 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/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 FEZ.
Top shared holdings
50 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In FEZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.90% | 10.39% | 2.90% |
| 2 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.10% | 4.66% | 1.10% |
| 3 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.93% | 4.01% | 0.93% |
| 4 | SAP SE | 0.87% | 3.06% | 0.87% |
| 5 | Allianz SE | 0.86% | 3.56% | 0.86% |
| 6 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.84% | 3.72% | 0.84% |
| 7 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.79% | 3.50% | 0.79% |
| 8 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | 0.72% | 2.78% | 0.72% |
| 9 | Iberdrola, S.A. | 0.67% | 3.10% | 0.67% |
| 10 | Airbus SE | 0.63% | 2.59% | 0.63% |
| 11 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 0.62% | 2.70% | 0.62% |
| 12 | SAFRAN SA | 0.61% | 2.88% | 0.61% |
Only in EFA
624 total- 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%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.95%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.81%
Only in FEZ
0 totalEvery FEZ position is also held by EFA.
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- FEZ vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 21.4%
- FEZ vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 20.0%
- FEZ vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 17.6%
- FEZ vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 16.7%
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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