ETF comparison
EFG vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
359 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFG and IEFA would leave roughly 48.2% 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
IEFA is 27 bps cheaper than EFG. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for EFG.
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 IEFA.
Top shared holdings
359 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFG | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 5.92% | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 2.38% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.00% | 1.20% | 1.00% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 0.93% | 1.12% | 0.93% |
| 5 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 1.94% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 6 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.79% | 0.95% | 0.79% |
| 7 | SAP SE | 1.77% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 8 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 1.71% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 9 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.69% | 0.83% | 0.69% |
| 10 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.66% | 0.79% | 0.66% |
| 11 | UBS Group AG | 1.56% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 12 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 1.55% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
Only in EFG
0 totalEvery EFG position is also held by IEFA.
Only in IEFA
2,254 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
- Nestle S.A. 1.00%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- Allianz SE 0.74%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.70%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.67%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.61%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.61%
- Iberdrola, S.A. 0.58%
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More comparisons with EFG
- EFG vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 46.9%
- EFG vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 44.9%
- EFG vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 43.2%
- EFG vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 41.6%
- EFG vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 39.7%
- EFG vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 38.8%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 42.2%
- IEFA vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 35.9%
- IEFA vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 35.5%
- IEFA vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 32.3%
- IEFA vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 30.1%
- IEFA vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 28.7%
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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