ETF comparison
EWUvsVGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
71 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWU and VGK would leave roughly18.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
VGK is 44 bps cheaper than EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with EWU vs VGK.
Top shared holdings
71 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWU | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 10.06% | 2.03% | 2.03% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8.98% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 3 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 4.71% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 4 | UNILEVER PLC | 3.83% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 5 | BP P.L.C. | 3.47% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 6 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 4.20% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 7 | GSK PLC | 3.21% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 8 | RIO TINTO PLC | 3.74% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 9 | NATIONAL GRID PLC | 2.49% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 10 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 2.55% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 11 | BARCLAYS PLC | 2.64% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 12 | GLENCORE PLC | 2.37% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
Only in EWU
1 total- Wise Group PLC0.26%
Only in VGK
1,154 total- ASML Holding NV3.61%
- Roche Holding AG1.84%
- Novartis AG1.83%
- Nestle SA1.68%
- Siemens AG1.40%
- Banco Santander SA1.15%
- Allianz SE1.12%
- SAP SE1.11%
- Schneider Electric SE1.11%
- TotalEnergies SE1.09%
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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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