ETF comparison
IEFAvsVEA
Both International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,416 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and VEA would leave roughly74.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA is 4 bps cheaper than IEFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for IEFA.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with IEFA vs VEA.
Top shared holdings
2,416 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEFA | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.21% | 2.36% | 2.21% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.24% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.11% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 1.13% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.16% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.03% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 7 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.89% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 8 | SHELL PLC | 1.02% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.80% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 10 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.79% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 11 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.70% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 12 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.83% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
Only in IEFA
205 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A.0.28%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.16%
- SEA LIMITED0.13%
- Nebius Group N.V.0.12%
- AerCap Holdings N.V.0.09%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.0.04%
- WISE PLC0.04%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED0.04%
- TELECOM ITALIA SPA0.04%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD.0.04%
Only in VEA
1,446 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd1.55%
- SK hynix Inc1.39%
- Royal Bank of Canada0.90%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The0.63%
- Bank of Montreal0.39%
- Enbridge Inc0.37%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd0.35%
- Bank of Nova Scotia/The0.33%
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce0.33%
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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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.