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EFA vs IEFA

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
84.7 %

693 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and IEFA would leave roughly 84.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EFA only 14.3% Shared 84.7% IEFA only 14.3%
In EFA only
0 positions
Shared
693 positions
In IEFA only
1,928 positions

Side by side

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.32%
Net assets
$77.22B
TTM yield
3.21%
Top-10 conc.
13.3%
IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$186.54B
TTM yield
3.37%
Top-10 conc.
11.4%

Sub-score comparison

68
Cost
93
77
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
95
Concentration
98
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Tracking quality
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EFA sub-score IEFA

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IEFA is 25 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 IEFA.

Top shared holdings

693 shared in total
# Holding In EFA In IEFA Overlap
1 ASML Holding N.V. 2.58% 2.21% 2.21%
2 HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.45% 1.24% 1.24%
3 ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.35% 1.16% 1.16%
4 Roche Holding AG 1.32% 1.13% 1.13%
5 Novartis AG 1.29% 1.11% 1.11%
6 Nestle S.A. 1.20% 1.03% 1.03%
7 SHELL PLC 1.19% 1.02% 1.02%
8 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.04% 0.89% 0.89%
9 COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.97% 0.83% 0.83%
10 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93% 0.80% 0.80%
11 BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.93% 0.79% 0.79%
12 TOTALENERGIES SE 0.85% 0.73% 0.73%

Only in EFA

0 total

Every EFA position is also held by IEFA.

Only in IEFA

1,928 total
  • Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. 0.07%
  • Resonac Holdings Corporation 0.06%
  • Mitsui Kinzoku Company, Limited 0.06%
  • PLS GROUP LIMITED 0.06%
  • DIPLOMA PLC 0.05%
  • ENLIGHT RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD 0.05%
  • BEAZLEY PLC 0.04%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.04%
  • IMI PLC 0.04%
  • WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) 0.04%

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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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