ETF comparison
EFV vs EWS
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
12 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFV and EWS would leave roughly 1.9% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EFV is 19 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for EWS.
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 EWS.
Top shared holdings
12 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFV | In EWS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 0.66% | 20.37% | 0.66% |
| 2 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 0.37% | 24.02% | 0.37% |
| 3 | UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED | 0.35% | 4.26% | 0.35% |
| 4 | CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust | 0.11% | 2.77% | 0.11% |
| 5 | SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED | 0.08% | 4.21% | 0.08% |
| 6 | SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 0.08% | 3.90% | 0.08% |
| 7 | CapitaLand Ascendas REIT | 0.07% | 4.21% | 0.07% |
| 8 | KEPPEL LTD. | 0.07% | 3.64% | 0.07% |
| 9 | CAPITALAND INVESTMENT LIMITED | 0.04% | 1.13% | 0.04% |
| 10 | WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 0.04% | 4.41% | 0.04% |
| 11 | SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD | 0.04% | 4.41% | 0.04% |
| 12 | YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. | 0.03% | 4.56% | 0.03% |
Only in EFV
392 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 EWS
5 total- SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED 5.25%
- SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD 4.92%
- SEA LIMITED 3.66%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 3.63%
- BNP Paribas 0.01%
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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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