ETF comparison
EFG vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
216 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFG and VGK would leave roughly 44.9% 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
VGK is 28 bps cheaper than EFG. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
216 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFG | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 5.92% | 3.95% | 3.95% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 2.38% | 1.59% | 1.59% |
| 3 | SAP SE | 1.77% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 4 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 1.71% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 5 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 1.55% | 1.04% | 1.04% |
| 6 | UBS Group AG | 1.56% | 1.03% | 1.03% |
| 7 | Roche Holding AG | 1.00% | 1.91% | 1.00% |
| 8 | ABB Ltd | 1.43% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 9 | NOVO NORDISK A/S | 1.41% | 0.94% | 0.94% |
| 10 | Novartis AG | 0.93% | 1.81% | 0.93% |
| 11 | Airbus SE | 1.29% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 12 | SAFRAN SA | 1.26% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
Only in EFG
143 total- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 1.94%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 1.39%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 1.34%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.34%
- Sony Group Corporation 1.26%
- AIA Group Limited 1.00%
- Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. 0.97%
- KEYENCE CORPORATION 0.88%
- FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. 0.87%
- Kioxia Holdings Corporation 0.81%
Only in VGK
1,012 total- HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
- Nestle SA 1.60%
- Allianz SE 1.18%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.05%
- Iberdrola SA 1.02%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.98%
- UniCredit SpA 0.88%
- Unilever PLC 0.83%
- BNP Paribas SA 0.77%
- British American Tobacco PLC 0.77%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with EFG
- 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%
- EFG vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 36.8%
- EFG vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 34.1%
More comparisons with VGK
- VGK vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 42.9%
- VGK vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 40.2%
- VGK vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 37.5%
- VGK vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 36.6%
- VGK vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 35.7%
- VGK vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 35.5%
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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