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EWA vs EWC

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Australia ETF · iShares MSCI Canada ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

EWA unmatched 99.4% Shared 0.0% EWC unmatched 99.7%

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 EWA only
46 positions
Shared
0 positions
In EWC only
84 positions

Side by side

EWA

iShares MSCI Australia ETF

iShares · International Developed

54 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$1.21B
TTM yield
2.92%
Top-10 conc.
65.0%
EWC

iShares MSCI Canada ETF

iShares · International Developed

67 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$7.02B
TTM yield
1.24%
Top-10 conc.
43.0%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
50
77
Tax efficiency
81
60
Liquidity
93
21
Concentration
53
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Tracking quality
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EWA sub-score EWC

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

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.50% vs 0.50%).

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 EWA vs EWC.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EWA

46 total
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 15.69%
  • COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 13.76%
  • WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 6.14%
  • NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 5.71%
  • ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 5.30%
  • WESFARMERS LIMITED 4.51%
  • MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED 4.31%
  • RIO TINTO LIMITED 3.45%
  • GOODMAN GROUP 3.22%
  • WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD 2.89%

Only in EWC

84 total
  • ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 8.71%
  • THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 6.28%
  • SHOPIFY INC. 4.74%
  • Enbridge Inc. 3.89%
  • BANK OF MONTREAL 3.74%
  • CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE 3.30%
  • THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 3.22%
  • CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 3.08%
  • Brookfield Corporation 3.05%
  • AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 3.00%

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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.