ETF comparison
EFA vs EWG
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
51 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and EWG would leave roughly 8.8% 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
EFA is 17 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for EWG.
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 EFA vs EWG.
Top shared holdings
51 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In EWG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.10% | 12.19% | 1.10% |
| 2 | SAP SE | 0.87% | 11.38% | 0.87% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 0.86% | 9.82% | 0.86% |
| 4 | Siemens Energy AG | 0.60% | 6.32% | 0.60% |
| 5 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.48% | 5.59% | 0.48% |
| 6 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.42% | 4.22% | 0.42% |
| 7 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen | 0.35% | 3.89% | 0.35% |
| 8 | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | 0.30% | 3.60% | 0.30% |
| 9 | Deutsche Post AG | 0.28% | 2.96% | 0.28% |
| 10 | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 0.28% | 2.97% | 0.28% |
| 11 | Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft | 0.25% | 3.01% | 0.25% |
| 12 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 0.25% | 2.77% | 0.25% |
Only in EFA
623 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.90%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.66%
- Roche Holding AG 1.39%
- Novartis AG 1.30%
- Nestle S.A. 1.17%
- SHELL PLC 1.17%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.17%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.95%
Only in EWG
1 total- Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 1.10%
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- EFA vs EWS · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF 1.8%
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- EWG vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 8.7%
- EWG vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 8.6%
- EWG vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 8.3%
- EWG vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 7.6%
- EWG vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 7.4%
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/.
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