ETF comparison
EFA vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
389 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and VGK would leave roughly 62.1% 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
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 the cost calculator pre-filled with EFA vs VGK.
Top shared holdings
389 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.90% | 3.95% | 2.90% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.66% | 2.27% | 1.66% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.39% | 1.91% | 1.39% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.30% | 1.81% | 1.30% |
| 5 | Nestle S.A. | 1.17% | 1.60% | 1.17% |
| 6 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.17% | 1.59% | 1.17% |
| 7 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.10% | 1.49% | 1.10% |
| 8 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.93% | 1.28% | 0.93% |
| 9 | SAP SE | 0.87% | 1.17% | 0.87% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.86% | 1.18% | 0.86% |
| 11 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.84% | 1.13% | 0.84% |
| 12 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.79% | 1.05% | 0.79% |
Only in EFA
285 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 VGK
839 total- Air Liquide SA 0.48%
- L'Oreal SA 0.35%
- Engie SA 0.20%
- Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA 0.16%
- Amrize Ltd 0.16%
- Sampo Oyj 0.15%
- ORLEN SA 0.14%
- Investor AB 0.14%
- L'Oreal SA 0.11%
- Air Liquide SA 0.09%
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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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