ETF comparison
EFV vs EWG
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
28 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFV and EWG would leave roughly 8.6% 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
EFV is 18 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/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 EFV vs EWG.
Top shared holdings
28 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFV | In EWG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allianz SE | 1.68% | 9.82% | 1.68% |
| 2 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.41% | 12.19% | 1.41% |
| 3 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen | 0.70% | 3.89% | 0.70% |
| 4 | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | 0.59% | 3.60% | 0.59% |
| 5 | Deutsche Post AG | 0.55% | 2.96% | 0.55% |
| 6 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 0.49% | 2.77% | 0.49% |
| 7 | BASF SE | 0.47% | 2.71% | 0.47% |
| 8 | E.ON SE | 0.43% | 2.30% | 0.43% |
| 9 | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | 0.40% | 1.96% | 0.40% |
| 10 | Daimler Truck Holding AG | 0.23% | 1.23% | 0.23% |
| 11 | Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft | 0.22% | 1.15% | 0.22% |
| 12 | MERCK Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien | 0.19% | 1.03% | 0.19% |
Only in EFV
376 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 3.22%
- Nestle S.A. 2.29%
- SHELL PLC 2.28%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 2.12%
- Roche Holding AG 1.78%
- Novartis AG 1.66%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.60%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.54%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 1.41%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.39%
Only in EWG
24 total- SAP SE 11.38%
- Siemens Energy AG 6.32%
- Deutsche Telekom AG 5.59%
- Infineon Technologies AG 4.22%
- Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft 3.01%
- Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 2.97%
- RWE Aktiengesellschaft 2.16%
- COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft. 1.49%
- adidas AG 1.40%
- Heidelberg Materials AG 1.25%
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- EFV vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 3.6%
- EFV vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 2.2%
- EFV vs EWS · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF 1.9%
- EFV vs EWH · iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF 1.7%
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- 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%
- EWG vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 7.3%
- EWG vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 7.3%
- EWG vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 6.6%
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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