ETF comparison
EFV vs EWU
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF
Holdings overlap
41 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFV and EWU would leave roughly 17.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
41 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFV | In EWU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 2.77% | 9.51% | 2.77% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 2.27% | 7.17% | 2.27% |
| 3 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 1.12% | 4.03% | 1.12% |
| 4 | BP P.L.C. | 1.09% | 3.01% | 1.09% |
| 5 | RIO TINTO PLC | 1.00% | 3.30% | 1.00% |
| 6 | GSK PLC | 0.93% | 3.57% | 0.93% |
| 7 | NATIONAL GRID PLC | 0.78% | 2.74% | 0.78% |
| 8 | UNILEVER PLC | 0.72% | 4.73% | 0.72% |
| 9 | BARCLAYS PLC | 0.71% | 2.50% | 0.71% |
| 10 | GLENCORE PLC | 0.68% | 2.15% | 0.68% |
| 11 | NATWEST GROUP PLC | 0.56% | 1.97% | 0.56% |
| 12 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 0.46% | 2.39% | 0.46% |
Only in EFV
367 total- Roche Holding AG 2.51%
- Nestle S.A. 2.29%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.77%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 1.76%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.62%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.59%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 1.57%
- Allianz SE 1.52%
- Iberdrola, S.A. 1.32%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.29%
Only in EWU
33 total- AstraZeneca PLC 9.64%
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 4.47%
- BAE Systems PLC 2.53%
- RELX PLC 1.88%
- London Stock Exchange Group PLC 1.64%
- Compass Group PLC 1.54%
- Tesco PLC 1.24%
- Prudential PLC 1.16%
- Experian PLC 1.02%
- Ashtead Group PLC 0.89%
Open EFV or EWU at a brokerage
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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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