ETF comparison
EFAvsVGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
399 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and VGK would leave roughly61.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
VGK is 26 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
399 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.58% | 3.61% | 2.58% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.45% | 2.03% | 1.45% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.35% | 1.83% | 1.35% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 1.32% | 1.84% | 1.32% |
| 5 | Novartis AG | 1.29% | 1.83% | 1.29% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.20% | 1.68% | 1.20% |
| 7 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.04% | 1.40% | 1.04% |
| 8 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.85% | 1.09% | 0.85% |
| 9 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.82% | 1.15% | 0.82% |
| 10 | SAP SE | 0.81% | 1.11% | 0.81% |
| 11 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.80% | 1.11% | 0.80% |
| 12 | Allianz SE | 0.80% | 1.12% | 0.80% |
Only in EFA
294 total- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA0.97%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.0.93%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED0.93%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION0.84%
- Hitachi, Ltd.0.67%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION0.66%
- Tokyo Electron Limited0.61%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.0.60%
- SoftBank Group Corp.0.58%
- Sony Group Corporation0.57%
Only in VGK
826 total- Air Liquide SA0.48%
- L'Oreal SA0.35%
- Engie SA0.21%
- Amrize Ltd0.18%
- Sampo Oyj0.15%
- Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA0.14%
- ORLEN SA0.14%
- Investor AB0.14%
- L'Oreal SA0.11%
- Air Liquide SA0.09%
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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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