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 20.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
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 | 9.51% | 2.00% | 2.00% |
| 2 | AstraZeneca PLC | 9.64% | 1.87% | 1.87% |
| 3 | Shell PLC | 7.17% | 1.64% | 1.64% |
| 4 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 4.47% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 5 | British American Tobacco PLC | 4.03% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 6 | Unilever PLC | 4.73% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 7 | BP PLC | 3.01% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 8 | Rio Tinto PLC | 3.30% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 9 | GSK PLC | 3.57% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 10 | National Grid PLC | 2.74% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 11 | BAE Systems PLC | 2.53% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 12 | Barclays PLC | 2.50% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
Only in EWU
2 total- Ashtead Group PLC 0.89%
- BlackRock Funds III 0.13%
Only in IEUR
939 total- ASML Holding N.V. 3.56%
- Roche Holding AG 1.82%
- Novartis AG 1.78%
- Nestle S.A. 1.66%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.43%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.17%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 1.14%
- SAP SE 1.11%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.11%
- Allianz SE 1.10%
Open EWU or IEUR at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.