ETF comparison
EFA vs IDEV
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
674 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and IDEV would leave roughly 75.3% 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
IDEV is 28 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/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 IDEV.
Top shared holdings
674 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In IDEV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.90% | 2.19% | 2.19% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.66% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.39% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.30% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.17% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.17% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 7 | SHELL PLC | 1.17% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.10% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 1.08% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 10 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.97% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.95% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 12 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.93% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
Only in EFA
0 totalEvery EFA position is also held by IDEV.
Only in IDEV
1,642 total- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.00%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.68%
- SHOPIFY INC. 0.49%
- BANK OF MONTREAL 0.42%
- Enbridge Inc. 0.40%
- CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE 0.37%
- THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.37%
- CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 0.34%
- Brookfield Corporation 0.29%
- Suncor Energy Inc. 0.28%
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- IDEV vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 57.6%
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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