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EFA vs VSS

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

EFA unmatched 99.6% Shared 0.0% VSS unmatched 98.7%

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 VSS only
4,818 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
3.28%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%
VSS

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$13.99B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.02%
Top-10 conc.
2.4%

Sub-score comparison

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

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

Cost difference

VSS 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 VSS.

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 VSS

4,818 total
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.27%
  • Aritzia Inc 0.27%
  • Finning International Inc 0.24%
  • Storebrand ASA 0.24%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
  • Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
  • Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.23%
  • South Bow Corp 0.22%
  • Subsea 7 SA 0.21%

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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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