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EWS vs VGK

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Singapore ETF · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

EWS unmatched 99.4% Shared 0.0% VGK unmatched 97.8%

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 EWS only
17 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VGK only
1,228 positions

Side by side

EWS

iShares MSCI Singapore ETF

iShares · International Developed

51 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$1.43B
TTM yield
3.81%
Top-10 conc.
80.6%
VGK

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Vanguard · International Developed

91 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$37.17B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.99%
Top-10 conc.
18.5%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
94
75
Tax efficiency
77
63
Liquidity
100
0
Concentration
88
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Tracking quality
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EWS sub-score VGK

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

Cost difference

VGK is 44 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for EWS.

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 EWS vs VGK.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EWS

17 total
  • DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 24.02%
  • OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 20.37%
  • SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED 5.25%
  • SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD 4.92%
  • YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 4.56%
  • WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 4.41%
  • SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD 4.41%
  • UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED 4.26%
  • CapitaLand Ascendas REIT 4.21%
  • SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED 4.21%

Only in VGK

1,228 total
  • ASML Holding NV 3.95%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.91%
  • Novartis AG 1.81%
  • Nestle SA 1.60%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 1.59%
  • Siemens AG 1.49%
  • Banco Santander SA 1.28%
  • Allianz SE 1.18%
  • SAP SE 1.17%

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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.