ETF comparison
EFV vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
226 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFV and VGK would leave roughly 46.2% 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
VGK is 25 bps cheaper than EFV. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
226 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFV | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 3.22% | 2.27% | 2.27% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.78% | 1.91% | 1.78% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.66% | 1.81% | 1.66% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 2.29% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 5 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.41% | 1.49% | 1.41% |
| 6 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 1.18% | 1.28% | 1.18% |
| 7 | Allianz SE | 1.68% | 1.18% | 1.18% |
| 8 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 1.54% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 9 | Iberdrola, S.A. | 1.31% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 10 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | 1.41% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 11 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 1.14% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 12 | UNILEVER PLC | 1.24% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
Only in EFV
178 total- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 2.12%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.60%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.39%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 1.24%
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 1.09%
- WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 0.81%
- Mitsubishi Corporation 0.80%
- NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 0.79%
- ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.70%
- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.67%
Only in VGK
1,002 total- ASML Holding NV 3.95%
- AstraZeneca PLC 1.59%
- SAP SE 1.17%
- Schneider Electric SE 1.13%
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.04%
- UBS Group AG 1.03%
- ABB Ltd 0.95%
- Novo Nordisk A/S 0.94%
- Airbus SE 0.85%
- Safran SA 0.84%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with EFV
- EFV vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 43.3%
- EFV vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 42.3%
- EFV vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 40.7%
- EFV vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 40.6%
- EFV vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 38.2%
- EFV vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 36.7%
More comparisons with VGK
- VGK vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 46.2%
- VGK vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 45.4%
- VGK vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 44.9%
- VGK vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 42.9%
- VGK vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 40.2%
- VGK vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 37.5%
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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