ETF comparison
EWA vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
iShares MSCI Australia ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWA and VT would leave roughly 1.3% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VT is 44 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for EWA.
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 VT.
Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWA | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 15.69% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 13.76% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 3 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 6.14% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 4 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 5.71% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 5 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 5.30% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 4.51% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 4.31% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 8 | RIO TINTO LIMITED | 3.45% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 9 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 2.89% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | GOODMAN GROUP | 3.22% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | CSL LIMITED | 2.34% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED | 2.14% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in EWA
0 totalEvery EWA position is also held by VT.
Only in VT
10,004 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
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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.