ETF comparison
EFV vs VEA
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
396 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFV and VEA would leave roughly 36.7% 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
VEA is 28 bps cheaper than EFV. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for EFV.
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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
396 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFV | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 3.22% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 2 | Novartis AG | 1.66% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.78% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 2.29% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 5 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.41% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 6 | SHELL PLC | 2.28% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 7 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 2.12% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 8 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 1.24% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 9 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 1.18% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 1.68% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 11 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 1.60% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 12 | Iberdrola, S.A. | 1.31% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
Only in EFV
8 total- Nebius Group N.V. 0.23%
- AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.22%
- Porsche Automobil Holding SE 0.06%
- Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft 0.06%
- HKT Trust and HKT Limited 0.05%
- MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. 0.03%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 0.03%
- Octave Intelligence PLC 0.01%
Only in VEA
3,466 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Tokyo Electron Ltd 0.66%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.63%
- Kioxia Holdings Corp 0.60%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.59%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with EFV
- EFV vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 36.0%
- EFV vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 33.4%
- EFV vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 31.9%
- EFV vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 31.4%
- EFV vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 29.7%
- EFV vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 28.9%
More comparisons with VEA
- VEA vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 36.2%
- VEA vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 28.5%
- VEA vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 28.4%
- VEA vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 27.5%
- VEA vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 26.7%
- VEA vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 23.0%
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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.