ETF comparison
EWU vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
72 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWU and VGK would leave roughly 18.8% 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
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 the cost calculator pre-filled with EWU vs VGK.
Top shared holdings
72 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWU | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 10.06% | 2.27% | 2.27% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8.98% | 1.59% | 1.59% |
| 3 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 4.71% | 1.04% | 1.04% |
| 4 | UNILEVER PLC | 3.83% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 5 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 4.20% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 6 | BP P.L.C. | 3.47% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 7 | GSK PLC | 3.21% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 8 | RIO TINTO PLC | 3.74% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 9 | BARCLAYS PLC | 2.64% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 10 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 2.51% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 11 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 2.55% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 12 | NATIONAL GRID PLC | 2.49% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
Only in EWU
0 totalEvery EWU position is also held by VGK.
Only in VGK
1,156 total- ASML Holding NV 3.95%
- Roche Holding AG 1.91%
- Novartis AG 1.81%
- Nestle SA 1.60%
- Siemens AG 1.49%
- Banco Santander SA 1.28%
- Allianz SE 1.18%
- SAP SE 1.17%
- Schneider Electric SE 1.13%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.05%
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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/.
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