ETF comparison
EFG vs VXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
348 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFG and VXUS would leave roughly 27.4% 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
VXUS is 29 bps cheaper than EFG. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
348 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFG | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 5.92% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.00% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 0.93% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 4 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 2.38% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 5 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.79% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 6 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 1.94% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 7 | SAP SE | 1.77% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 8 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 1.71% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 9 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 1.55% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 10 | UBS Group AG | 1.56% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 11 | ABB Ltd | 1.43% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 12 | NOVO NORDISK A/S | 1.41% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
Only in EFG
11 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.68%
- SEA LIMITED 0.38%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.38%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.13%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0.09%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.08%
- Futu Holdings Limited 0.06%
- Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft 0.06%
- MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. 0.05%
- Octave Intelligence PLC 0.02%
Only in VXUS
8,388 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
- Nestle SA 0.59%
- Shell PLC 0.58%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.55%
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More comparisons with EFG
- EFG vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 27.4%
- 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%
- EFG vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 24.8%
- EFG vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 22.8%
More comparisons with VXUS
- VXUS vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 27.2%
- VXUS vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 26.8%
- VXUS vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 25.6%
- VXUS vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 24.0%
- VXUS vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 23.1%
- VXUS vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 22.7%
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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