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ETF comparison

EFA vs IEUR

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
65.0 %

397 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and IEUR would leave roughly 65.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EFA unmatched 34.6% Shared 65.0% IEUR unmatched 34.6%

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.

In EFA only
277 positions
Shared
397 positions
In IEUR only
612 positions

Side by side

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.32%
Net assets
$76.70B
TTM yield
3.28%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%
IEUR

iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF

iShares · International Developed

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$9.24B
TTM yield
3.26%
Top-10 conc.
18.8%

Sub-score comparison

68
Cost
90
76
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
99
94
Concentration
87
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Tracking quality
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EFA sub-score IEUR

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IEUR is 22 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 IEUR.

Top shared holdings

397 shared in total
# Holding In EFA In IEUR Overlap
1 ASML Holding N.V. 2.90% 4.00% 2.90%
2 HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.66% 2.29% 1.66%
3 Roche Holding AG 1.39% 1.92% 1.39%
4 Novartis AG 1.30% 1.79% 1.30%
5 Nestle S.A. 1.17% 1.61% 1.17%
6 SHELL PLC 1.17% 1.60% 1.17%
7 ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.17% 1.61% 1.17%
8 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.10% 1.52% 1.10%
9 Banco Santander, S.A. 0.93% 1.27% 0.93%
10 SAP SE 0.87% 1.20% 0.87%
11 Allianz SE 0.86% 1.18% 0.86%
12 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.84% 1.15% 0.84%

Only in EFA

277 total
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%
  • COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.95%
  • TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.81%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.71%
  • Tokyo Electron Limited 0.68%
  • Hitachi, Ltd. 0.66%
  • ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.66%
  • Sony Group Corporation 0.62%
  • Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 0.56%

Only in IEUR

612 total
  • DIPLOMA PLC 0.08%
  • BEAZLEY PLC 0.07%
  • IMI PLC 0.06%
  • WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) 0.06%
  • STOREBRAND ASA 0.06%
  • PSP Swiss Property AG 0.06%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.05%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC 0.05%
  • GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA 0.05%
  • HISCOX LTD 0.05%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.