ETF comparison
EWG vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
53 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and IEFA would leave roughly 7.7% 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 42 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $420/yr more in fees for EWG.
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 EWG vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
53 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 11.97% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 2 | SAP SE | 9.49% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 8.47% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 4 | Siemens Energy AG | 7.37% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 5 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 6.21% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 6 | Infineon Technologies AG | 6.22% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 7 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen | 3.45% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 8 | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | 2.96% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 9 | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 3.48% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 10 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.75% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 11 | Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft | 2.73% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 2.10% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
Only in EWG
1 total- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 0.24%
Only in IEFA
2,560 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%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.82%
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- EWG vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 7.2%
- EWG vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 6.7%
- EWG vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 6.7%
- EWG vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 6.6%
- EWG vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 6.6%
More comparisons with IEFA
- 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%
- IEFA vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 5.4%
- IEFA vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 5.1%
- IEFA vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 3.6%
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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