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IEFA vs KSA

International Developed vs International Emerging.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

IEFA unmatched 99.6% Shared 0.0% KSA unmatched 99.3%

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 IEFA only
2,613 positions
Shared
0 positions
In KSA only
117 positions

Side by side

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$190.21B
TTM yield
3.43%
Top-10 conc.
11.9%
KSA

iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

iShares · International Emerging

41 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.75%
Net assets
$588.4M
TTM yield
3.04%
Top-10 conc.
58.0%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
25
76
Tax efficiency
74
100
Liquidity
47
97
Concentration
31
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Tracking quality
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IEFA sub-score KSA

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

Cost difference

IEFA is 68 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $680/yr more in fees for KSA.

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 IEFA vs KSA.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in IEFA

2,613 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.20%
  • Novartis AG 1.12%
  • Nestle S.A. 1.00%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
  • SHELL PLC 1.00%
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%

Only in KSA

117 total
  • AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 13.87%
  • Saudi Arabian Oil Company 11.44%
  • The Saudi National Bank SJSC 8.15%
  • Saudi Telecom Company SJSC 5.35%
  • Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC 4.60%
  • Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC 3.29%
  • Riyad Bank SJSC 3.12%
  • ALINMA BANK SJSC 2.78%
  • Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC 2.69%
  • ACWA POWER Company SJSC 2.67%

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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/.

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