ETF comparison
EFG vs EWS
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
8 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFG and EWS would leave roughly 1.6% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EFG is 16 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for EWS.
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 EWS.
Top shared holdings
8 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFG | In EWS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 0.72% | 24.02% | 0.72% |
| 2 | SEA LIMITED | 0.38% | 3.66% | 0.38% |
| 3 | SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 0.16% | 3.90% | 0.16% |
| 4 | SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD | 0.12% | 4.92% | 0.12% |
| 5 | GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED | 0.08% | 3.63% | 0.08% |
| 6 | YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. | 0.05% | 4.56% | 0.05% |
| 7 | KEPPEL LTD. | 0.04% | 3.64% | 0.04% |
| 8 | SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED | 0.13% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in EFG
351 total- ASML Holding N.V. 5.92%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 2.38%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 1.94%
- SAP SE 1.77%
- 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%
Only in EWS
9 total- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 20.37%
- SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED 5.25%
- WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 4.41%
- SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD 4.41%
- UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED 4.26%
- CapitaLand Ascendas REIT 4.21%
- SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED 4.21%
- CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust 2.77%
- CAPITALAND INVESTMENT LIMITED 1.13%
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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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