ETF comparison
EFG vs EWG
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
27 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFG and EWG would leave roughly 9.0% 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
EFG is 15 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for EWG.
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 EFG vs EWG.
Top shared holdings
27 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFG | In EWG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAP SE | 1.77% | 9.49% | 1.77% |
| 2 | Siemens Energy AG | 1.23% | 7.37% | 1.23% |
| 3 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.98% | 6.21% | 0.98% |
| 4 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.87% | 6.22% | 0.87% |
| 5 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.79% | 11.97% | 0.79% |
| 6 | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 0.57% | 3.48% | 0.57% |
| 7 | Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft | 0.51% | 2.73% | 0.51% |
| 8 | RWE Aktiengesellschaft | 0.39% | 2.02% | 0.39% |
| 9 | adidas AG | 0.28% | 1.66% | 0.28% |
| 10 | COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft. | 0.26% | 1.58% | 0.26% |
| 11 | Heidelberg Materials AG | 0.23% | 1.49% | 0.23% |
| 12 | MTU Aero Engines AG | 0.21% | 0.99% | 0.21% |
Only in EFG
332 total- ASML Holding N.V. 5.92%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 2.38%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 1.94%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.71%
- UBS Group AG 1.56%
- ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 1.55%
- ABB Ltd 1.43%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S 1.41%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 1.39%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 1.34%
Only in EWG
27 total- Allianz SE 8.47%
- Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen 3.45%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2.96%
- Deutsche Post AG 2.75%
- BASF SE 2.66%
- E.ON SE 2.40%
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG 2.20%
- Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 2.10%
- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 1.23%
- Daimler Truck Holding AG 1.13%
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- EFG vs EWS · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF 1.6%
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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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