ETF comparison
EFV vs EWA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
21 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFV and EWA would leave roughly 6.3% 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
EFV is 19 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for EWA.
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 EFV vs EWA.
Top shared holdings
21 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFV | In EWA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 1.24% | 15.69% | 1.24% |
| 2 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 0.81% | 6.14% | 0.81% |
| 3 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 0.79% | 5.71% | 0.79% |
| 4 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 0.70% | 5.30% | 0.70% |
| 5 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 0.40% | 2.89% | 0.40% |
| 6 | RIO TINTO LIMITED | 0.39% | 3.45% | 0.39% |
| 7 | CSL LIMITED | 0.37% | 2.34% | 0.37% |
| 8 | QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED | 0.23% | 1.70% | 0.23% |
| 9 | FORTESCUE LTD | 0.19% | 1.89% | 0.19% |
| 10 | SANTOS LIMITED | 0.16% | 1.27% | 0.16% |
| 11 | SCENTRE GROUP | 0.15% | 0.99% | 0.15% |
| 12 | SUNCORP GROUP LIMITED | 0.13% | 0.94% | 0.13% |
Only in EFV
383 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 3.22%
- Nestle S.A. 2.29%
- SHELL PLC 2.28%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 2.12%
- Roche Holding AG 1.78%
- Allianz SE 1.68%
- Novartis AG 1.66%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.60%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.54%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.41%
Only in EWA
25 total- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 13.76%
- WESFARMERS LIMITED 4.51%
- MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED 4.31%
- GOODMAN GROUP 3.22%
- TRANSURBAN GROUP 2.32%
- WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED 2.14%
- COLES GROUP LIMITED 1.45%
- ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LIMITED 1.38%
- NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD 1.29%
- EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED 1.24%
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- EFV vs EWH · iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF 1.7%
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- EWA vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 5.0%
- EWA vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 4.7%
- EWA vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 4.3%
- EWA vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 4.3%
- EWA vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 4.3%
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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