ETF comparison
EWU vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
72 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWU and IEFA would leave roughly 12.7% 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 EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/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 IEFA.
Top shared holdings
72 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWU | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 10.06% | 1.42% | 1.42% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8.98% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 7.51% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 4 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 4.71% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 5 | UNILEVER PLC | 3.83% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 6 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 4.20% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 7 | BP P.L.C. | 3.47% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 8 | GSK PLC | 3.21% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 9 | RIO TINTO PLC | 3.74% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 10 | BARCLAYS PLC | 2.64% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 11 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 2.51% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 12 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 2.55% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
Only in EWU
0 totalEvery EWU position is also held by IEFA.
Only in IEFA
2,541 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Novartis AG 1.12%
- Nestle S.A. 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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More comparisons with EWU
- EWU vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 11.2%
- EWU vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 10.7%
- EWU vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 10.6%
- EWU vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 9.6%
- EWU vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 9.1%
- EWU vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 7.7%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs JGLO · Jpmorgan Global Select Equity ETF 11.5%
- IEFA vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 9.0%
- IEFA vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 8.5%
- IEFA vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 8.1%
- 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%
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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