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EWL vs EWU

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

EWL unmatched 98.1% Shared 0.0% EWU unmatched 99.0%

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 EWL only
40 positions
Shared
0 positions
In EWU only
72 positions

Side by side

EWL

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF

iShares · International Developed

57 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$2.67B
TTM yield
1.73%
Top-10 conc.
67.0%
EWU

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

iShares · International Developed

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$3.67B
TTM yield
3.14%
Top-10 conc.
52.4%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
50
80
Tax efficiency
77
75
Liquidity
81
19
Concentration
39
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Tracking quality
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EWL sub-score EWU

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

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.50% vs 0.50%).

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 EWL vs EWU.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EWL

40 total
  • Roche Holding AG 14.03%
  • Novartis AG 13.56%
  • Nestle S.A. 12.34%
  • ABB Ltd 5.41%
  • UBS Group AG 5.13%
  • COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 4.78%
  • Zurich Insurance Group AG 4.44%
  • Holcim AG 2.64%
  • Lonza Group AG 2.35%
  • Swiss Re AG 2.32%

Only in EWU

72 total
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 10.06%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 8.98%
  • SHELL PLC 7.51%
  • ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 4.71%
  • BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 4.20%
  • UNILEVER PLC 3.83%
  • RIO TINTO PLC 3.74%
  • BP P.L.C. 3.47%
  • GSK PLC 3.21%
  • BARCLAYS PLC 2.64%

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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.