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EFV vs VSS

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFV and VSS would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EFV unmatched 99.6% Shared 0.0% VSS unmatched 98.7%

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.

In EFV only
404 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VSS only
4,818 positions

Side by side

EFV

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF

iShares · International Developed

80 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.31%
Net assets
$30.77B
TTM yield
4.63%
Top-10 conc.
19.6%
VSS

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$13.99B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.02%
Top-10 conc.
2.4%

Sub-score comparison

69
Cost
94
74
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
86
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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EFV sub-score VSS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VSS 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 VSS.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EFV

404 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 VSS

4,818 total
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.27%
  • Aritzia Inc 0.27%
  • Finning International Inc 0.24%
  • Storebrand ASA 0.24%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
  • Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
  • Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.23%
  • South Bow Corp 0.22%
  • Subsea 7 SA 0.21%

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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/.

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.