ETF comparison
EWU vs IEUR
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
72 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWU and IEUR would leave roughly 20.4% 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
IEUR is 40 bps cheaper than EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/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 IEUR.
Top shared holdings
72 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWU | In IEUR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 10.06% | 2.29% | 2.29% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8.98% | 1.61% | 1.61% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 7.51% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 4 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 4.71% | 1.04% | 1.04% |
| 5 | UNILEVER PLC | 3.83% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 6 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 4.20% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 7 | BP P.L.C. | 3.47% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 8 | GSK PLC | 3.21% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 9 | RIO TINTO PLC | 3.74% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 10 | BARCLAYS PLC | 2.64% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 11 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 2.51% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 12 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 2.55% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
Only in EWU
0 totalEvery EWU position is also held by IEUR.
Only in IEUR
937 total- ASML Holding N.V. 4.00%
- Roche Holding AG 1.92%
- Novartis AG 1.79%
- Nestle S.A. 1.61%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.52%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 1.27%
- SAP SE 1.20%
- Allianz SE 1.18%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.15%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.09%
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- IEUR vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 10.7%
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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.