ETF comparison
EFG vs VPL
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
125 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFG and VPL would leave roughly 30.1% 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
VPL 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 VPL.
Top shared holdings
125 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFG | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 1.94% | 1.72% | 1.72% |
| 2 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 1.39% | 1.21% | 1.21% |
| 3 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 1.34% | 1.19% | 1.19% |
| 4 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 1.34% | 1.18% | 1.18% |
| 5 | Sony Group Corporation | 1.26% | 1.14% | 1.14% |
| 6 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 0.97% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 7 | AIA Group Limited | 1.00% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 8 | KEYENCE CORPORATION | 0.88% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 9 | Kioxia Holdings Corporation | 0.81% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 10 | FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. | 0.87% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 11 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 0.72% | 0.96% | 0.72% |
| 12 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.69% | 1.77% | 0.69% |
Only in EFG
234 total- ASML Holding N.V. 5.92%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 2.38%
- 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%
- Airbus SE 1.29%
- SAFRAN SA 1.26%
Only in VPL
2,212 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.61%
- SK hynix Inc 5.18%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 2.00%
- Toyota Motor Corp 1.66%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.28%
- Mizuho Financial Group Inc 1.01%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.83%
- Mitsubishi Corp 0.78%
- Westpac Banking Corp 0.75%
- National Australia Bank Ltd 0.73%
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- EFG vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 27.1%
- EFG vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 26.4%
- EFG vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 26.2%
More comparisons with VPL
- VPL vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 29.1%
- VPL vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 28.1%
- VPL vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 28.0%
- VPL vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 27.5%
- VPL vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 27.2%
- VPL vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 23.6%
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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