ETF comparison
EFAvsIEFA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
693 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and IEFA would leave roughly84.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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 thecost calculator pre-filled with EFA vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
693 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.58% | 2.21% | 2.21% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.45% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.35% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 1.32% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 5 | Novartis AG | 1.29% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.20% | 1.03% | 1.03% |
| 7 | SHELL PLC | 1.19% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.04% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 9 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.97% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.93% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.93% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 12 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.85% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
Only in EFA
0 totalEvery EFA position is also held by IEFA.
Only in IEFA
1,928 total- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.0.07%
- Resonac Holdings Corporation0.06%
- Mitsui Kinzoku Company, Limited0.06%
- PLS GROUP LIMITED0.06%
- DIPLOMA PLC0.05%
- ENLIGHT RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD0.05%
- BEAZLEY PLC0.04%
- Accelleron Industries AG0.04%
- IMI PLC0.04%
- WEIR GROUP PLC(THE)0.04%
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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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