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HEFA vs VEA

Both International Developed.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HEFA and VEA would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

HEFA unmatched 101.2% Shared 0.0% VEA unmatched 97.4%

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.

In HEFA only
1 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VEA only
3,862 positions

Side by side

HEFA

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

79 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$7.47B
TTM yield
4.05%
Top-10 conc.
100.0%
VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$313.54B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.46%
Top-10 conc.
13.1%

Sub-score comparison

65
Cost
97
75
Tax efficiency
78
94
Liquidity
100
94
Concentration
96
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Tracking quality
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HEFA sub-score VEA

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VEA is 32 bps cheaper than HEFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for HEFA.

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 HEFA vs VEA.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in HEFA

1 total
  • iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 101.20%

Only in VEA

3,862 total
  • ASML Holding NV 2.36%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
  • SK hynix Inc 1.39%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
  • Novartis AG 0.90%
  • Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.89%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
  • Nestle SA 0.82%

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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/.

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.