ETF comparison
IDEV vs VEA
Both International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,200 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IDEV and VEA would leave roughly 83.2% 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
VEA is 1 bps cheaper than IDEV. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for IDEV.
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 IDEV vs VEA.
Top shared holdings
2,200 shared in total| # | Holding | In IDEV | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.19% | 2.36% | 2.19% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.24% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 0.98% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 4 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 1.00% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 5 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 6 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.88% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 7 | Nestle S.A. | 0.88% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.83% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 9 | SHELL PLC | 0.88% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.82% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.73% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 12 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 0.68% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
Only in IDEV
116 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.26%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.14%
- SEA LIMITED 0.14%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.13%
- AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.09%
- ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0.04%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0.04%
- CCL INDUSTRIES INC. 0.03%
- MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. 0.03%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 0.03%
Only in VEA
1,662 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.35%
- SK Square Co Ltd 0.31%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.25%
- Air Liquide SA 0.22%
- L'Oreal SA 0.18%
- Hyundai Motor Co 0.14%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.13%
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- IDEV vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 75.3%
- IDEV vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 75.2%
- IDEV vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 71.6%
- IDEV vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 67.6%
More comparisons with VEA
- VEA vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 75.3%
- VEA vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 71.7%
- VEA vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 71.3%
- VEA vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 71.3%
- VEA vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 71.1%
- VEA vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 69.2%
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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