ETF comparison
EFV vs EWL
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
26 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFV and EWL would leave roughly 9.3% 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 EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for EWL.
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 EWL.
Top shared holdings
26 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFV | In EWL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nestle S.A. | 2.29% | 12.34% | 2.29% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.78% | 14.03% | 1.78% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.66% | 13.56% | 1.66% |
| 4 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 1.01% | 4.44% | 1.01% |
| 5 | Swiss Re AG | 0.43% | 2.32% | 0.43% |
| 6 | Swiss Life Holding AG | 0.29% | 1.69% | 0.29% |
| 7 | Sika AG | 0.20% | 1.63% | 0.20% |
| 8 | Alcon AG | 0.20% | 1.77% | 0.20% |
| 9 | Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.19% | 1.37% | 0.19% |
| 10 | Swisscom AG | 0.18% | 1.29% | 0.18% |
| 11 | Julius Baer Gruppe AG | 0.16% | 1.03% | 0.16% |
| 12 | Givaudan SA | 0.12% | 1.83% | 0.12% |
Only in EFV
378 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 3.22%
- SHELL PLC 2.28%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 2.12%
- Allianz SE 1.68%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.60%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.54%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.41%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 1.41%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.39%
- Iberdrola, S.A. 1.31%
Only in EWL
14 total- ABB Ltd 5.41%
- UBS Group AG 5.13%
- COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 4.78%
- Holcim AG 2.64%
- Lonza Group AG 2.35%
- Galderma Group AG 2.24%
- Sandoz Group AG 1.93%
- VAT Group AG 1.37%
- Partners Group Holding AG 1.32%
- Straumann Holding AG 0.83%
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- EWL vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 6.8%
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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