ETF comparison
IEFA vs VXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,421 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and VXUS would leave roughly 56.3% 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
VXUS is 2 bps cheaper than IEFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
2,421 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEFA | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.50% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.42% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.20% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.12% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 5 | Nestle S.A. | 1.00% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 6 | SHELL PLC | 1.00% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 7 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.00% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 8 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.93% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 9 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.95% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 10 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.82% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 11 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.70% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 12 | Allianz SE | 0.74% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
Only in IEFA
192 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%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.03%
- HKT Trust and HKT Limited 0.03%
- Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft 0.03%
Only in VXUS
6,315 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.46%
- MediaTek Inc 0.36%
- Bank of Montreal 0.29%
- Enbridge Inc 0.27%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IEFA
- 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%
- IEFA vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 52.6%
- IEFA vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 49.1%
More comparisons with VXUS
- VXUS vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 56.3%
- VXUS vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 54.9%
- VXUS vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 52.8%
- VXUS vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 49.5%
- VXUS vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 48.6%
- VXUS vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 48.5%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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