ETF comparison
EWU vs SPDW
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
Holdings overlap
70 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWU and SPDW would leave roughly 9.1% 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
SPDW is 47 bps cheaper than EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/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 SPDW.
Top shared holdings
70 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWU | In SPDW | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 10.06% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8.98% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 7.51% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 4 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 4.71% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 5 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 4.20% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 6 | GSK PLC | 3.21% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 7 | BP P.L.C. | 3.47% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 8 | RIO TINTO PLC | 3.74% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 9 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 2.51% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 10 | BARCLAYS PLC | 2.64% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 11 | NATIONAL GRID PLC | 2.49% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 12 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 2.55% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
Only in EWU
2 total- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 1.02%
- NMC HEALTH PLC 0.00%
Only in SPDW
2,358 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.96%
- SK hynix Inc 2.79%
- ASML Holding NV 2.28%
- Roche Holding AG 0.86%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.86%
- Novartis AG 0.86%
- Nestle SA 0.80%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.72%
- Siemens AG 0.70%
- Tokyo Electron Ltd 0.67%
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More comparisons with SPDW
- SPDW vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 6.8%
- SPDW vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 6.7%
- SPDW vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 6.5%
- SPDW vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 6.3%
- SPDW vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 5.7%
- SPDW vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 5.4%
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.