ETF comparison
IDEV vs VGK
Both International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
926 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IDEV and VGK would leave roughly 52.4% 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
IDEV is 2 bps cheaper than VGK. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VGK.
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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
926 shared in total| # | Holding | In IDEV | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.19% | 3.95% | 2.19% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.24% | 2.27% | 1.24% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 1.91% | 1.05% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 0.98% | 1.81% | 0.98% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.88% | 1.59% | 0.88% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 0.88% | 1.60% | 0.88% |
| 7 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.83% | 1.49% | 0.83% |
| 8 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.70% | 1.28% | 0.70% |
| 9 | SAP SE | 0.65% | 1.17% | 0.65% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.65% | 1.18% | 0.65% |
| 11 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.63% | 1.13% | 0.63% |
| 12 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.59% | 1.05% | 0.59% |
Only in IDEV
1,390 total- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.00%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.82%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.73%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.72%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.68%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.61%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.53%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 0.51%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 0.50%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.50%
Only in VGK
302 total- Air Liquide SA 0.48%
- L'Oreal SA 0.35%
- Engie SA 0.20%
- Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA 0.16%
- Amrize Ltd 0.16%
- Sampo Oyj 0.15%
- ORLEN SA 0.14%
- Investor AB 0.14%
- L'Oreal SA 0.11%
- Air Liquide SA 0.09%
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- VGK vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 51.7%
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- VGK vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 47.7%
- VGK vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 47.0%
- VGK vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 46.9%
- VGK vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 46.2%
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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