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ETF comparison

EWH vs IEFA

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
1.6 %

25 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWH and IEFA would leave roughly 1.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWH unmatched 94.8% Shared 1.6% IEFA unmatched 98.0%

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 EWH only
2 positions
Shared
25 positions
In IEFA only
2,588 positions

Side by side

EWH

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

iShares · International Developed

52 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$1.17B
TTM yield
4.76%
Top-10 conc.
68.0%
IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$190.21B
TTM yield
3.44%
Top-10 conc.
11.9%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
93
73
Tax efficiency
76
60
Liquidity
100
17
Concentration
97
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Tracking quality
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EWH sub-score IEFA

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

Cost difference

IEFA is 43 bps cheaper than EWH. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/yr more in fees for EWH.

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 EWH vs IEFA.

Top shared holdings

25 shared in total
# Holding In EWH In IEFA Overlap
1 AIA Group Limited 22.85% 0.41% 0.41%
2 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 11.19% 0.21% 0.21%
3 CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED 6.01% 0.10% 0.10%
4 BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 5.05% 0.10% 0.10%
5 TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED 4.34% 0.09% 0.09%
6 SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED 4.47% 0.08% 0.08%
7 CLP HOLDINGS LIMITED 4.07% 0.06% 0.06%
8 Link Real Estate Investment Trust 3.50% 0.05% 0.05%
9 CK ASSET HOLDINGS LIMITED 3.03% 0.05% 0.05%
10 Power Assets Holdings Limited 2.79% 0.04% 0.04%
11 JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED 2.31% 0.04% 0.04%
12 THE HONG KONG AND CHINA GAS COMPANY LIMITED 2.68% 0.04% 0.04%

Only in EWH

2 total
  • BNP Paribas 1.49%
  • The Wharf (Holdings) Limited 0.92%

Only in IEFA

2,588 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%
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%

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.