ETF comparison
EFA vs IEUR
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
406 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and IEUR would leave roughly 64.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
IEUR is 22 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 IEUR.
Top shared holdings
406 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In IEUR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.58% | 3.56% | 2.58% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.45% | 2.00% | 1.45% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.35% | 1.87% | 1.35% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 1.32% | 1.82% | 1.32% |
| 5 | Novartis AG | 1.29% | 1.78% | 1.29% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.20% | 1.66% | 1.20% |
| 7 | SHELL PLC | 1.19% | 1.64% | 1.19% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.04% | 1.43% | 1.04% |
| 9 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.85% | 1.17% | 0.85% |
| 10 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.82% | 1.14% | 0.82% |
| 11 | SAP SE | 0.81% | 1.11% | 0.81% |
| 12 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.80% | 1.11% | 0.80% |
Only in EFA
287 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%
Only in IEUR
605 total- DIPLOMA PLC 0.08%
- BEAZLEY PLC 0.07%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.07%
- PSP Swiss Property AG 0.06%
- WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) 0.06%
- IMI PLC 0.06%
- GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA 0.06%
- ST. JAMES'S PLACE PLC 0.06%
- Games Workshop Group PLC 0.06%
- AEDIFICA NV 0.06%
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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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