ETF comparison
EFG vs EWU
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF
Holdings overlap
39 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFG and EWU would leave roughly 12.8% 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 16 bps cheaper than EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU.
Top shared holdings
39 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFG | In EWU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 2.38% | 8.98% | 2.38% |
| 2 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 1.55% | 4.71% | 1.55% |
| 3 | GSK PLC | 0.98% | 3.21% | 0.98% |
| 4 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 0.77% | 2.55% | 0.77% |
| 5 | GLENCORE PLC | 0.64% | 2.37% | 0.64% |
| 6 | RELX PLC | 0.58% | 1.85% | 0.58% |
| 7 | COMPASS GROUP PLC | 0.50% | 1.70% | 0.50% |
| 8 | ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 0.50% | 1.87% | 0.50% |
| 9 | LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC | 0.46% | 1.73% | 0.46% |
| 10 | TESCO PLC | 0.39% | 1.15% | 0.39% |
| 11 | SSE PLC | 0.36% | 1.18% | 0.36% |
| 12 | PRUDENTIAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.35% | 1.13% | 0.35% |
Only in EFG
320 total- ASML Holding N.V. 5.92%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 1.94%
- SAP SE 1.77%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.71%
- UBS Group AG 1.56%
- ABB Ltd 1.43%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S 1.41%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 1.39%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 1.34%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.34%
Only in EWU
33 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 10.06%
- SHELL PLC 7.51%
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 4.20%
- UNILEVER PLC 3.83%
- RIO TINTO PLC 3.74%
- BP P.L.C. 3.47%
- BARCLAYS PLC 2.64%
- NATIONAL GRID PLC 2.49%
- NATWEST GROUP PLC 2.01%
- DIAGEO PLC 1.42%
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- EFG vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 9.5%
- EFG vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 9.0%
More comparisons with EWU
- EWU vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 12.7%
- EWU vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 11.2%
- EWU vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 10.7%
- EWU vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 10.6%
- EWU vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 9.6%
- EWU vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 9.1%
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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