ETF comparison
EFG vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
355 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFG and VT would leave roughly 10.9% 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
VT 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 VT.
Top shared holdings
355 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFG | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 5.92% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 2 | Novartis AG | 0.93% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.00% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 4 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 2.38% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 5 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.79% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 6 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.69% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 7 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 1.94% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 8 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.66% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 9 | SAP SE | 1.77% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 10 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 1.71% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 11 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 1.55% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 12 | UBS Group AG | 1.56% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in EFG
4 total- SEA LIMITED 0.38%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.38%
- Futu Holdings Limited 0.06%
- Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft 0.06%
Only in VT
9,695 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with EFG
- EFG vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 10.7%
- EFG vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 9.8%
- EFG vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 9.5%
- EFG vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 9.0%
- EFG vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 7.0%
- EFG vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 6.3%
More comparisons with VT
- VT vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 10.5%
- VT vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 10.3%
- VT vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 9.8%
- VT vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 9.5%
- VT vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 9.2%
- VT vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 9.0%
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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.