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EWA vs VWO

International Developed vs International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Australia ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

EWA unmatched 99.4% Shared 0.0% VWO unmatched 95.4%

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 VWO only
4,980 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
2.91%
Top-10 conc.
65.0%
VWO

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$164.66B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.16%
Top-10 conc.
27.4%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
94
77
Tax efficiency
76
60
Liquidity
100
21
Concentration
75
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Tracking quality
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EWA sub-score VWO

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

Cost difference

VWO 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 VWO.

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 VWO

4,980 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.56%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
  • MediaTek Inc 1.36%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
  • Delta Electronics Inc 0.82%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.81%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%

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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.