ETF comparison
IEFA vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,432 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and VT would leave roughly 21.9% 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
VT is 1 bps cheaper than IEFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 VT.
Top shared holdings
2,432 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEFA | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.50% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.42% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.12% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 1.20% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 5 | SHELL PLC | 1.00% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.00% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 7 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.00% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 8 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.93% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 9 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.95% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 10 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.83% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.82% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 12 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.79% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in IEFA
181 total- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.16%
- SEA LIMITED 0.16%
- HKT Trust and HKT Limited 0.03%
- Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft 0.03%
- Futu Holdings Limited 0.02%
- Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft 0.02%
- Porsche Automobil Holding SE 0.02%
- ROSEBANK INDUSTRIES PLC 0.01%
- JET2 PLC 0.01%
- WEST AFRICAN RESOURCES LTD 0.01%
Only in VT
7,618 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 20.0%
- IEFA vs EWJ · iShares MSCI Japan ETF 19.8%
- IEFA vs BBJP · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF 19.8%
- IEFA vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 17.2%
- IEFA vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 15.4%
- IEFA vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 13.9%
More comparisons with VT
- VT vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 20.5%
- VT vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 19.1%
- VT vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 19.0%
- VT vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 18.7%
- VT vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 18.5%
- VT vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 15.0%
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
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/methodology/.
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