ETF comparison
EWL vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWL and IEFA would leave roughly 8.1% 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
IEFA is 43 bps cheaper than EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/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 IEFA.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWL | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 14.03% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 2 | Novartis AG | 13.56% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 12.34% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 4 | UBS Group AG | 5.13% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 5 | ABB Ltd | 5.41% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 6 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 4.78% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 7 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 4.44% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 8 | Swiss Re AG | 2.32% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 9 | Lonza Group AG | 2.35% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 10 | Holcim AG | 2.64% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | Galderma Group AG | 2.24% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | Givaudan SA | 1.83% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in EWL
0 totalEvery EWL position is also held by IEFA.
Only in IEFA
2,573 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.82%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.79%
- SAP SE 0.74%
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- EWL vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 7.1%
- EWL vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 6.8%
- EWL vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 6.3%
- EWL vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 6.3%
- EWL vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 6.1%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 7.7%
- 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%
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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