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EFA vs SCZ

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and SCZ would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EFA unmatched 99.6% Shared 0.0% SCZ unmatched 99.3%

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
674 positions
Shared
0 positions
In SCZ only
2,054 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
3.27%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%
SCZ

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

iShares · International Developed

79 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$12.79B
TTM yield
3.22%
Top-10 conc.
2.7%

Sub-score comparison

68
Cost
60
76
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
94
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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EFA sub-score SCZ

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

Cost difference

EFA is 8 bps cheaper than SCZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $80/yr more in fees for SCZ.

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 SCZ.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EFA

674 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 2.90%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.66%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.39%
  • Novartis AG 1.30%
  • Nestle S.A. 1.17%
  • SHELL PLC 1.17%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.17%
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.10%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%

Only in SCZ

2,054 total
  • DIPLOMA PLC 0.37%
  • BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED 0.28%
  • BEAZLEY PLC 0.28%
  • KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 0.28%
  • IMI PLC 0.27%
  • WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) 0.26%
  • Niterra Co., Ltd. 0.24%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
  • STOREBRAND ASA 0.24%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%

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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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