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
2,168 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IDEV and VEA would leave roughly 86.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
2,168 shared in total| # | Holding | In IDEV | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.94% | 1.77% | 1.77% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.01% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 0.97% | 1.01% | 0.97% |
| 4 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.09% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 5 | Roche Holding AG | 0.99% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 6 | SHELL PLC | 0.90% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 7 | Nestle S.A. | 0.90% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 8 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.87% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 9 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.73% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.70% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 11 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.63% | 0.76% | 0.63% |
| 12 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.78% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
Only in IDEV
87 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.24%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.14%
- SEA LIMITED 0.12%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.10%
- AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.09%
- ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0.05%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0.04%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 0.03%
- Futu Holdings Limited 0.03%
- CCL INDUSTRIES INC. 0.03%
Only in VEA
1,713 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.88%
- SK hynix Inc 1.05%
- Air Liquide SA 0.23%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.22%
- L'Oreal SA 0.19%
- Hyundai Motor Co 0.14%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.14%
- KB Financial Group Inc 0.12%
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.12%
- Engie SA 0.11%
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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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