ETF comparison
IEFA vs PXF
Both International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF
Holdings overlap
827 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and PXF would leave roughly 61.5% 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
IEFA is 36 bps cheaper than PXF. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/yr more in fees for PXF.
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 PXF.
Top shared holdings
827 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEFA | In PXF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.42% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.20% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 1.00% | 2.10% | 1.00% |
| 4 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.83% | 0.98% | 0.83% |
| 5 | Novartis AG | 1.12% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 6 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.79% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 7 | Nestle S.A. | 1.00% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 8 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.70% | 0.94% | 0.70% |
| 9 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.67% | 1.47% | 0.67% |
| 10 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.95% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 11 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.93% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 12 | Allianz SE | 0.74% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
Only in IEFA
1,786 total- Investor Aktiebolag 0.29%
- argenx SE 0.21%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.15%
- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.11%
- Atlas Copco Aktiebolag 0.11%
- BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 0.10%
- TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD 0.10%
- ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD 0.09%
- INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC 0.09%
- VAT Group AG 0.08%
Only in PXF
192 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.14%
- SK hynix Inc. 0.71%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.60%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 0.56%
- Suncor Energy Inc. 0.47%
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 0.43%
- Enbridge Inc. 0.41%
- Bank of Nova Scotia (The) 0.41%
- Hyundai Motor Co. 0.35%
- Bank of Montreal 0.33%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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