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ETF comparison

EWL vs SPDW

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
6.3 %

40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWL and SPDW would leave roughly 6.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWL unmatched 91.8% Shared 6.3% SPDW unmatched 92.3%

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
0 positions
Shared
40 positions
In SPDW only
2,388 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%
SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

State Street · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$41.14B
TTM yield
3.09%
Top-10 conc.
14.0%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
97
80
Tax efficiency
77
75
Liquidity
100
19
Concentration
94
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Tracking quality
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EWL sub-score SPDW

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

Cost difference

SPDW is 47 bps cheaper than EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/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 SPDW.

Top shared holdings

40 shared in total
# Holding In EWL In SPDW Overlap
1 Roche Holding AG 14.03% 0.86% 0.86%
2 Novartis AG 13.56% 0.86% 0.86%
3 Nestle S.A. 12.34% 0.80% 0.80%
4 ABB Ltd 5.41% 0.52% 0.52%
5 UBS Group AG 5.13% 0.47% 0.47%
6 COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 4.78% 0.37% 0.37%
7 Zurich Insurance Group AG 4.44% 0.34% 0.34%
8 Lonza Group AG 2.35% 0.14% 0.14%
9 Swiss Re AG 2.32% 0.14% 0.14%
10 Holcim AG 2.64% 0.14% 0.14%
11 Sandoz Group AG 1.93% 0.12% 0.12%
12 Galderma Group AG 2.24% 0.12% 0.12%

Only in EWL

0 total

Every EWL position is also held by SPDW.

Only in SPDW

2,388 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.96%
  • SK hynix Inc 2.79%
  • ASML Holding NV 2.28%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.97%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
  • Royal Bank of Canada 0.86%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.72%
  • Siemens AG 0.70%
  • Shell PLC 0.68%
  • Tokyo Electron Ltd 0.67%

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.