ETF comparison
EZU vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
216 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EZU and VGK would leave roughly 46.2% 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 EZU. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for EZU.
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 EZU vs VGK.
Top shared holdings
216 shared in total| # | Holding | In EZU | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 8.09% | 3.95% | 3.95% |
| 2 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 3.07% | 1.49% | 1.49% |
| 3 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 2.37% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 4 | Allianz SE | 2.17% | 1.18% | 1.18% |
| 5 | SAP SE | 2.43% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 6 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 2.22% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 7 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 2.24% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 8 | Iberdrola, S.A. | 1.88% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 9 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | 1.72% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 10 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 1.56% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 11 | Airbus SE | 1.60% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 12 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 1.75% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
Only in EZU
8 total- Nebius Group N.V. 0.64%
- AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.30%
- TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.19%
- Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft 0.10%
- Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft 0.08%
- Porsche Automobil Holding SE 0.07%
- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 0.06%
- EDP Renovaveis, S.A. 0.00%
Only in VGK
1,012 total- HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
- Roche Holding AG 1.91%
- Novartis AG 1.81%
- Nestle SA 1.60%
- AstraZeneca PLC 1.59%
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.04%
- UBS Group AG 1.03%
- ABB Ltd 0.95%
- Novo Nordisk A/S 0.94%
- Unilever PLC 0.83%
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- VGK vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 40.2%
- VGK vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 37.5%
- VGK vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 36.6%
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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