ETF comparison
EPP vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
92 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and IEFA would leave roughly 9.0% 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
IEFA is 40 bps cheaper than EPP. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/yr more in fees for EPP.
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 EPP vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
92 shared in total| # | Holding | In EPP | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 9.96% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8.73% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 3 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 4.63% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 4 | AIA Group Limited | 4.85% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 5 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 3.89% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 6 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 3.62% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 7 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.35% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 8 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 2.75% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 9 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 2.88% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 10 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 2.81% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 11 | Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited | 2.53% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | RIO TINTO LIMITED | 2.19% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in EPP
1 total- The Wharf (Holdings) Limited 0.11%
Only in IEFA
2,521 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Novartis AG 1.12%
- Nestle S.A. 1.00%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.79%
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- EPP vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 7.9%
- EPP vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 7.2%
- EPP vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 6.8%
- EPP vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 6.7%
- EPP vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 6.5%
- EPP vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 6.5%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 8.5%
- IEFA vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 8.1%
- IEFA vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 7.7%
- IEFA vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 6.8%
- IEFA vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 6.8%
- IEFA vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 5.7%
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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