ETF comparison
SPDWvsVEA
Both International Developed.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,218 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPDW and VEA would leave roughly85.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 thecost calculator pre-filled with SPDW vs VEA.
Top shared holdings
2,218 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPDW | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 2.28% | 2.36% | 2.28% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc | 2.79% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 3 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.97% | 1.00% | 0.97% |
| 4 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.87% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 5 | Roche Holding AG | 0.86% | 0.89% | 0.86% |
| 6 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.86% | 0.90% | 0.86% |
| 7 | Novartis AG | 0.86% | 0.90% | 0.86% |
| 8 | Nestle SA | 0.80% | 0.82% | 0.80% |
| 9 | Siemens AG | 0.70% | 0.73% | 0.70% |
| 10 | Shell PLC | 0.68% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 11 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc | 0.72% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 12 | Tokyo Electron Ltd | 0.67% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
Only in SPDW
211 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd2.96%
- Spotify Technology SA0.21%
- ARM Holdings PLC0.15%
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd0.11%
- Sea Ltd0.10%
- AerCap Holdings NV0.08%
- Ryanair Holdings PLC0.06%
- POSCO Holdings Inc0.05%
- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd0.05%
- IREN Ltd0.05%
Only in VEA
1,644 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd1.61%
- Air Liquide SA0.22%
- L'Oreal SA0.18%
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd0.12%
- Engie SA0.09%
- Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc0.09%
- Amrize Ltd0.08%
- Sampo Oyj0.08%
- Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA0.07%
- Lenovo Group Ltd0.07%
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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/.
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