ETF comparison
EWL vs IDEV
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWL and IDEV would leave roughly 7.1% 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
IDEV is 46 bps cheaper than EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $460/yr more in fees for EWL.
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 IDEV.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWL | In IDEV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 14.03% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 2 | Novartis AG | 13.56% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 12.34% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 4 | UBS Group AG | 5.13% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 5 | ABB Ltd | 5.41% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 6 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 4.78% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 7 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 4.44% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 8 | Lonza Group AG | 2.35% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 9 | Swiss Re AG | 2.32% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | Holcim AG | 2.64% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 11 | Galderma Group AG | 2.24% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 12 | Givaudan SA | 1.83% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
Only in EWL
0 totalEvery EWL position is also held by IDEV.
Only in IDEV
2,276 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.19%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.24%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.00%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.88%
- SHELL PLC 0.88%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.83%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.82%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.73%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.72%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.70%
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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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