ETF comparison
IEFA vs IEUR
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
998 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and IEUR would leave roughly 61.7% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEFA is 3 bps cheaper than IEUR. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for IEUR.
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Top shared holdings
998 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEFA | In IEUR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.50% | 4.00% | 2.50% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.42% | 2.29% | 1.42% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.20% | 1.92% | 1.20% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.12% | 1.79% | 1.12% |
| 5 | Nestle S.A. | 1.00% | 1.61% | 1.00% |
| 6 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.00% | 1.61% | 1.00% |
| 7 | SHELL PLC | 1.00% | 1.60% | 1.00% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.95% | 1.52% | 0.95% |
| 9 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.79% | 1.27% | 0.79% |
| 10 | SAP SE | 0.74% | 1.20% | 0.74% |
| 11 | Allianz SE | 0.74% | 1.18% | 0.74% |
| 12 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.72% | 1.15% | 0.72% |
Only in IEFA
1,615 total- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.82%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.70%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.61%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 0.58%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.56%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 0.56%
- Sony Group Corporation 0.53%
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 0.48%
Only in IEUR
11 total- Alimak Group AB (publ) 0.01%
- RENEW HOLDINGS PLC. 0.01%
- VBG GROUP AB (publ) 0.00%
- HILTON FOOD GROUP PLC 0.00%
- CLARIANE SE 0.00%
- Oxford Biomedica PLC 0.00%
- ARGAN SA 0.00%
- CHESNARA PLC 0.00%
- Cementir Holding N.V. 0.00%
- CMB.TECH NV 0.00%
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More comparisons with IEUR
- IEUR vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 54.4%
- IEUR vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 53.4%
- IEUR vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 49.8%
- IEUR vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 49.1%
- IEUR vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 48.8%
- IEUR vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 48.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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