ETF comparison
EFA vs IXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
674 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and IXUS would leave roughly 51.5% 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
IXUS 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 IXUS.
Top shared holdings
674 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.90% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.66% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.39% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.30% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.17% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.17% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 7 | SHELL PLC | 1.17% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.10% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 1.08% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 10 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.97% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.95% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 12 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.93% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
Only in EFA
0 totalEvery EFA position is also held by IXUS.
Only in IXUS
3,815 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.60%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.47%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.36%
- SHOPIFY INC. 0.34%
- BANK OF MONTREAL 0.29%
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- EFA vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 35.0%
- EFA vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 33.5%
- EFA vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 33.2%
More comparisons with IXUS
- IXUS vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 51.4%
- IXUS vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 49.3%
- IXUS vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 45.3%
- IXUS vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 43.0%
- IXUS vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 40.1%
- IXUS vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 37.3%
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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