ETF comparison
IEFA vs VEU
International Developed vs International Total.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,168 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and VEU would leave roughly 57.8% 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
VEU is 3 bps cheaper than IEFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/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 the cost calculator pre-filled with IEFA vs VEU.
Top shared holdings
1,168 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEFA | In VEU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.50% | 1.58% | 1.58% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.42% | 0.91% | 0.91% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.20% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.12% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 5 | Nestle S.A. | 1.00% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 6 | SHELL PLC | 1.00% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 7 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.00% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 8 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.93% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 9 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.95% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 10 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.83% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.82% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 12 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.79% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
Only in IEFA
1,445 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.29%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.16%
- SEA LIMITED 0.16%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.15%
- AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.10%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0.04%
- MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. 0.04%
- STOREBRAND ASA 0.03%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.03%
- GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA 0.03%
Only in VEU
2,678 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.43%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.99%
- SK hynix Inc 1.56%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.95%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.73%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.69%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.50%
- MediaTek Inc 0.39%
- Shopify Inc 0.36%
- Bank of Montreal 0.31%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 57.0%
- IEFA vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 56.3%
- IEFA vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 55.5%
- IEFA vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 54.6%
- IEFA vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 53.9%
- IEFA vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 53.2%
More comparisons with VEU
- VEU vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 52.7%
- VEU vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 34.4%
- VEU vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 30.5%
- VEU vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 25.6%
- VEU vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 24.7%
- VEU vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 88.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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