ETF comparison
EWL vs VEA
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWL and VEA would leave roughly 6.3% 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
VEA 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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWL | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novartis AG | 13.56% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 14.03% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 12.34% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 4 | ABB Ltd | 5.41% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 5 | UBS Group AG | 5.13% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 6 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 4.78% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 7 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 4.44% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 8 | Lonza Group AG | 2.35% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 9 | Swiss Re AG | 2.32% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 10 | Holcim AG | 2.64% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 11 | Galderma Group AG | 2.24% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 12 | Sandoz Group AG | 1.93% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
Only in EWL
0 totalEvery EWL position is also held by VEA.
Only in VEA
3,822 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Siemens AG 0.73%
- Shell PLC 0.67%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.67%
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- VEA vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 5.3%
- VEA vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 4.9%
- VEA vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 4.7%
- VEA vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 4.5%
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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