ETF comparison
EFG vs EWA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
29 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFG and EWA would leave roughly 7.1% 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
EFG is 16 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for EWA.
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 EFG vs EWA.
Top shared holdings
29 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFG | In EWA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 1.94% | 12.74% | 1.94% |
| 2 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.69% | 15.91% | 0.69% |
| 3 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 0.66% | 4.30% | 0.66% |
| 4 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 0.60% | 4.32% | 0.60% |
| 5 | GOODMAN GROUP | 0.38% | 2.63% | 0.38% |
| 6 | WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED | 0.32% | 2.35% | 0.32% |
| 7 | TRANSURBAN GROUP | 0.30% | 2.13% | 0.30% |
| 8 | ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LIMITED | 0.23% | 1.57% | 0.23% |
| 9 | COLES GROUP LIMITED | 0.21% | 1.54% | 0.21% |
| 10 | NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD | 0.17% | 1.53% | 0.17% |
| 11 | BRAMBLES LIMITED | 0.17% | 1.26% | 0.17% |
| 12 | EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED | 0.15% | 1.44% | 0.15% |
Only in EFG
330 total- ASML Holding N.V. 5.92%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 2.38%
- SAP SE 1.77%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.71%
- UBS Group AG 1.56%
- ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 1.55%
- ABB Ltd 1.43%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S 1.41%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 1.39%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 1.34%
Only in EWA
18 total- NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 5.64%
- WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 5.63%
- ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 5.34%
- CSL LIMITED 3.96%
- RIO TINTO LIMITED 3.09%
- WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD 2.95%
- QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED 1.59%
- FORTESCUE LTD 1.36%
- SANTOS LIMITED 1.26%
- SOUTH32 LIMITED 1.10%
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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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