ETF comparison
EFV vs EWS
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
11 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFV and EWS would leave roughly 1.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EFV is 19 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for EWS.
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 EWS.
Top shared holdings
11 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFV | In EWS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 0.52% | 5.14% | 0.52% |
| 2 | UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED | 0.31% | 4.86% | 0.31% |
| 3 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 0.31% | 22.55% | 0.31% |
| 4 | SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 0.24% | 4.79% | 0.24% |
| 5 | CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust | 0.10% | 3.18% | 0.10% |
| 6 | CapitaLand Ascendas REIT | 0.07% | 4.27% | 0.07% |
| 7 | SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED | 0.07% | 4.82% | 0.07% |
| 8 | WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 0.05% | 4.72% | 0.05% |
| 9 | CAPITALAND INVESTMENT LIMITED | 0.04% | 1.62% | 0.04% |
| 10 | SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD | 0.04% | 4.24% | 0.04% |
| 11 | YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. | 0.04% | 5.71% | 0.04% |
Only in EFV
397 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.77%
- Roche Holding AG 2.51%
- Nestle S.A. 2.29%
- SHELL PLC 2.27%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.77%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 1.76%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.62%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.59%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 1.57%
- Allianz SE 1.52%
Only in EWS
6 total- Sea Ltd 13.95%
- Keppel Ltd 5.76%
- Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd 5.39%
- Singapore Exchange Ltd 4.59%
- BlackRock Funds III 3.55%
- Grab Holdings Ltd 3.18%
Open EFV or EWS at a brokerage
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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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