ETF comparison
EFA vs IDEV
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
693 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and IDEV would leave roughly 74.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IDEV is 28 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/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 EFA vs IDEV.
Top shared holdings
693 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In IDEV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.58% | 1.94% | 1.94% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.45% | 1.09% | 1.09% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.35% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 1.32% | 0.99% | 0.99% |
| 5 | Novartis AG | 1.29% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 6 | SHELL PLC | 1.19% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 7 | Nestle S.A. | 1.20% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.04% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 9 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.97% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.93% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.93% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 12 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.85% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
Only in EFA
0 totalEvery EFA position is also held by IDEV.
Only in IDEV
1,562 total- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.87%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.63%
- SHOPIFY INC. 0.51%
- Enbridge Inc. 0.41%
- BANK OF MONTREAL 0.37%
- CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE 0.36%
- CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 0.34%
- THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.33%
- AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 0.33%
- Brookfield Corporation 0.32%
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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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