ETF comparison
EFV vs EWU
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF
Holdings overlap
33 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFV and EWU would leave roughly 16.5% 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 EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU.
Top shared holdings
33 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFV | In EWU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 3.22% | 10.06% | 3.22% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 2.28% | 7.51% | 2.28% |
| 3 | UNILEVER PLC | 1.24% | 3.83% | 1.24% |
| 4 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 1.08% | 4.20% | 1.08% |
| 5 | BP P.L.C. | 1.05% | 3.47% | 1.05% |
| 6 | RIO TINTO PLC | 0.92% | 3.74% | 0.92% |
| 7 | BARCLAYS PLC | 0.83% | 2.64% | 0.83% |
| 8 | NATIONAL GRID PLC | 0.71% | 2.49% | 0.71% |
| 9 | NATWEST GROUP PLC | 0.67% | 2.01% | 0.67% |
| 10 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 0.52% | 2.51% | 0.52% |
| 11 | DIAGEO PLC | 0.43% | 1.42% | 0.43% |
| 12 | RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC | 0.40% | 1.24% | 0.40% |
Only in EFV
371 total- Nestle S.A. 2.29%
- 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%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 1.41%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.39%
Only in EWU
39 total- ASTRAZENECA PLC 8.98%
- ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 4.71%
- GSK PLC 3.21%
- BAE SYSTEMS PLC 2.55%
- GLENCORE PLC 2.37%
- ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 1.87%
- RELX PLC 1.85%
- LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC 1.73%
- COMPASS GROUP PLC 1.70%
- SSE PLC 1.18%
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More comparisons with EWU
- EWU vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 14.7%
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- EWU vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 13.9%
- EWU vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 13.4%
- EWU vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 13.4%
- EWU vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 13.0%
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/.
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