ETF comparison
BBEU vs EFA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
324 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BBEU and EFA would leave roughly 60.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BBEU is 23 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/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 BBEU vs EFA.
Top shared holdings
324 shared in total| # | Holding | In BBEU | In EFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 4.15% | 2.58% | 2.58% |
| 2 | HSBC Holdings plc | 2.34% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 3 | AstraZeneca plc | 2.18% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 2.08% | 1.32% | 1.32% |
| 5 | Novartis AG | 2.09% | 1.29% | 1.29% |
| 6 | Nestle SA | 1.93% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 7 | Shell plc | 1.90% | 1.19% | 1.19% |
| 8 | Siemens AG | 1.61% | 1.04% | 1.04% |
| 9 | TotalEnergies SE | 1.35% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 10 | Banco Santander SA | 1.32% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 11 | SAP SE | 1.28% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 12 | Schneider Electric SE | 1.28% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
Only in BBEU
43 total- Amrize Ltd. 0.22%
- Investor AB 0.17%
- Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA 0.17%
- ORLEN SA 0.16%
- Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA 0.10%
- KGHM Polska Miedz SA 0.08%
- BioNTech SE 0.08%
- Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA 0.07%
- Weir Group plc (The) 0.07%
- Storebrand ASA 0.06%
Only in EFA
369 total- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.97%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.93%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.84%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 0.67%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.66%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 0.61%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.60%
- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.58%
- Sony Group Corporation 0.57%
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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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