ETF comparison
EWU vs IDEV
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
72 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWU and IDEV would leave roughly 11.2% 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 EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $460/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU vs IDEV.
Top shared holdings
72 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWU | In IDEV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 10.06% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8.98% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 7.51% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 4 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 4.71% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 5 | UNILEVER PLC | 3.83% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 6 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 4.20% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 7 | BP P.L.C. | 3.47% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 8 | GSK PLC | 3.21% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 9 | RIO TINTO PLC | 3.74% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 10 | BARCLAYS PLC | 2.64% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 11 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 2.51% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 12 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 2.55% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
Only in EWU
0 totalEvery EWU position is also held by IDEV.
Only in IDEV
2,244 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.19%
- Roche Holding AG 1.05%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.98%
- Nestle S.A. 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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- EWU vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 7.7%
- EWU vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 7.5%
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- IDEV vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 10.4%
- IDEV vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 7.9%
- IDEV vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 7.5%
- IDEV vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 7.2%
- IDEV vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 7.2%
- IDEV vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 7.1%
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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