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SPDW vs VEA

Both International Developed.

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
86.7 %

2,185 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPDW and VEA would leave roughly 86.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SPDW only 12.1% Shared 86.7% VEA only 11.8%
In SPDW only
216 positions
Shared
2,185 positions
In VEA only
1,696 positions

Side by side

SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

State Street · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$40.29B
TTM yield
3.02%
Top-10 conc.
13.5%
VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$316.31B
TTM yield
2.56%
Top-10 conc.
11.5%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
77
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
95
Concentration
98
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Tracking quality
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SPDW sub-score VEA

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).

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 SPDW vs VEA.

Top shared holdings

2,185 shared in total
# Holding In SPDW In VEA Overlap
1 ASML Holding NV 1.68% 1.77% 1.68%
2 AstraZeneca PLC 1.00% 1.01% 1.00%
3 Novartis AG 0.98% 1.01% 0.98%
4 SK hynix Inc 0.96% 1.05% 0.96%
5 HSBC Holdings PLC 0.93% 0.97% 0.93%
6 Roche Holding AG 0.92% 0.96% 0.92%
7 Shell PLC 0.93% 0.90% 0.90%
8 Nestle SA 0.86% 0.87% 0.86%
9 Toyota Motor Corp 0.81% 0.76% 0.76%
10 Royal Bank of Canada 0.75% 0.78% 0.75%
11 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.67% 0.64% 0.64%
12 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.64% 0.67% 0.64%

Only in SPDW

216 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.87%
  • Spotify Technology SA 0.25%
  • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.11%
  • Sea Ltd 0.10%
  • AerCap Holdings NV 0.08%
  • ARM Holdings PLC 0.07%
  • POSCO Holdings Inc 0.07%
  • Check Point Software Technologies Ltd 0.06%
  • Ryanair Holdings PLC 0.06%
  • State Street Global Advisors 0.05%

Only in VEA

1,696 total
  • Air Liquide SA 0.23%
  • L'Oreal SA 0.19%
  • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.12%
  • Engie SA 0.11%
  • Amrize Ltd 0.09%
  • Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.09%
  • Sampo Oyj 0.08%
  • ORLEN SA 0.07%
  • Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA 0.07%
  • RB Global Inc 0.06%

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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.