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EWH vs VGK

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

EWH unmatched 96.4% Shared 0.0% VGK unmatched 97.8%

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
27 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VGK only
1,228 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
4.72%
Top-10 conc.
68.0%
VGK

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Vanguard · International Developed

91 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$37.17B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.98%
Top-10 conc.
18.5%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
94
74
Tax efficiency
77
60
Liquidity
100
17
Concentration
88
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Tracking quality
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EWH sub-score VGK

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

Cost difference

VGK is 44 bps cheaper than EWH. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/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 VGK.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EWH

27 total
  • AIA Group Limited 22.85%
  • Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 11.19%
  • CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED 6.01%
  • BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 5.05%
  • SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED 4.47%
  • TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED 4.34%
  • CLP HOLDINGS LIMITED 4.07%
  • Link Real Estate Investment Trust 3.50%
  • CK ASSET HOLDINGS LIMITED 3.03%
  • Power Assets Holdings Limited 2.79%

Only in VGK

1,228 total
  • ASML Holding NV 3.95%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.91%
  • Novartis AG 1.81%
  • Nestle SA 1.60%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 1.59%
  • Siemens AG 1.49%
  • Banco Santander SA 1.28%
  • Allianz SE 1.18%
  • SAP SE 1.17%

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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/.

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