Skip to main content
PlainIndex
Menu

ETF comparison

EFA vs VWO

International Developed vs International Emerging.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

EFA unmatched 99.6% Shared 0.0% VWO unmatched 95.4%

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
673 positions
Shared
1 positions
In VWO only
4,979 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%
VWO

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$164.66B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.16%
Top-10 conc.
27.4%

Sub-score comparison

68
Cost
94
76
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
94
Concentration
75
—
Tracking quality
—
EFA sub-score VWO

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

Cost difference

VWO 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 VWO.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In EFA In VWO Overlap
1 YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 0.03% 0.07% 0.03%

Only in EFA

673 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 VWO

4,979 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.56%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
  • MediaTek Inc 1.36%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
  • Delta Electronics Inc 0.82%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.81%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%

Related comparisons

More comparisons with EFA

More comparisons with VWO

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open EFA or VWO at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

Open at Fidelity

Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.

Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.