ETF comparison
EFA vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
674 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and IEFA would leave roughly 85.6% 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
IEFA is 25 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 IEFA.
Top shared holdings
674 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.90% | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.66% | 1.42% | 1.42% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.39% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.30% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 5 | Nestle S.A. | 1.17% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 6 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.17% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 7 | SHELL PLC | 1.17% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.10% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 1.08% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 10 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.97% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.95% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 12 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.93% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
Only in EFA
0 totalEvery EFA position is also held by IEFA.
Only in IEFA
1,939 total- DIPLOMA PLC 0.05%
- BEAZLEY PLC 0.04%
- IMI PLC 0.04%
- KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 0.04%
- BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED 0.04%
- WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) 0.04%
- STOREBRAND ASA 0.03%
- Niterra Co., Ltd. 0.03%
- Mebuki Financial Group, Inc. 0.03%
- PSP Swiss Property AG 0.03%
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- EFA vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 67.3%
- EFA vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 67.1%
- EFA vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 65.5%
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- IEFA vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 85.2%
- IEFA vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 81.5%
- IEFA vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 76.4%
- IEFA vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 75.3%
- IEFA vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 75.2%
- IEFA vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 74.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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