ETF comparison
AVDE vs EFA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
595 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and EFA would leave roughly 43.4% 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
AVDE is 9 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for EFA.
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 AVDE vs EFA.
Top shared holdings
595 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In EFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 0.93% | 1.39% | 0.93% |
| 2 | UBS Group AG | 0.57% | 0.76% | 0.57% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 0.56% | 0.86% | 0.56% |
| 4 | Safran SA | 0.54% | 0.61% | 0.54% |
| 5 | Nestle SA | 0.50% | 1.17% | 0.50% |
| 6 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.48% | 0.76% | 0.48% |
| 7 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.46% | 0.48% | 0.46% |
| 8 | BNP Paribas SA | 0.44% | 0.57% | 0.44% |
| 9 | Advantest Corp | 0.42% | 0.66% | 0.42% |
| 10 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 0.42% | 0.52% | 0.42% |
| 11 | TotalEnergies SE | 0.41% | 0.79% | 0.41% |
| 12 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.40% | 1.17% | 0.40% |
Only in AVDE
2,734 total- ASML Holding NV 1.32%
- Shell PLC 0.85%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.62%
- BHP Group Ltd 0.61%
- Novartis AG 0.53%
- BP PLC 0.47%
- ING Groep NV 0.46%
- Toyota Motor Corp 0.45%
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 0.43%
Only in EFA
79 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.90%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.66%
- Novartis AG 1.30%
- SHELL PLC 1.17%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.93%
- SAP SE 0.87%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.81%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.72%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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