ETF comparison
EFA vs VPL
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
256 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and VPL would leave roughly 33.2% 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
VPL 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 VPL.
Top shared holdings
256 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 1.08% | 2.00% | 1.08% |
| 2 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.97% | 1.77% | 0.97% |
| 3 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.95% | 1.72% | 0.95% |
| 4 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.81% | 1.66% | 0.81% |
| 5 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 0.71% | 1.28% | 0.71% |
| 6 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.68% | 1.21% | 0.68% |
| 7 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 0.66% | 1.19% | 0.66% |
| 8 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.66% | 1.18% | 0.66% |
| 9 | Sony Group Corporation | 0.62% | 1.14% | 0.62% |
| 10 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 0.56% | 1.01% | 0.56% |
| 11 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 0.54% | 0.96% | 0.54% |
| 12 | SoftBank Group Corp. | 0.52% | 0.96% | 0.52% |
Only in EFA
418 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%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.93%
- SAP SE 0.87%
Only in VPL
2,081 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.61%
- SK hynix Inc 5.18%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.83%
- SK Square Co Ltd 0.51%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.35%
- KB Financial Group Inc 0.33%
- Hyundai Motor Co 0.29%
- Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.24%
- Lenovo Group Ltd 0.19%
- Hana Financial Group Inc 0.19%
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- VPL vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 31.1%
- VPL vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 30.1%
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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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