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ETF comparison

EWC vs VWO

International Developed vs International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Canada 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 EWC and VWO would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWC unmatched 99.7% 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 EWC only
84 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VWO only
4,980 positions

Side by side

EWC

iShares MSCI Canada ETF

iShares · International Developed

67 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$7.02B
TTM yield
1.23%
Top-10 conc.
43.0%
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
81
Tax efficiency
76
93
Liquidity
100
53
Concentration
75
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Tracking quality
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EWC 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 EWC. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for EWC.

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 EWC vs VWO.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

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%

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%

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.