ETF comparison
PXF vs VWO
International Developed vs International Emerging.
Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PXF and VWO would leave roughly 0.1% 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
VWO is 37 bps cheaper than PXF. On a $100,000 position that's about $370/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 PXF vs VWO.
Top shared holdings
6 shared in total| # | Holding | In PXF | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AngloGold Ashanti PLC | 0.03% | 0.33% | 0.03% |
| 2 | Kingboard Holdings Ltd. | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 3 | JOYY Inc. | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 4 | Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd. | 0.02% | 0.05% | 0.02% |
| 5 | China Gas Holdings Ltd. | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.01% |
| 6 | GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.01% |
Only in PXF
1,013 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.14%
- Shell PLC 2.10%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.47%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.37%
- Roche Holding AG 1.08%
- BHP Group Ltd. 0.98%
- Toyota Motor Corp. 0.94%
- BP PLC 0.92%
- Glencore PLC 0.83%
- Novartis AG 0.74%
Only in VWO
4,974 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.56%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
- MediaTek Inc 1.36%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
- Delta Electronics Inc 0.82%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.81%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
- HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%
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- VWO vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 0.1%
- VWO vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 0.1%
- VWO vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 0.1%
- VWO vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 0.1%
- VWO vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 0.1%
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
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.