ETF comparison
EWA vs SPDW
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Australia ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
Holdings overlap
47 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWA and SPDW would leave roughly 4.3% 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
SPDW is 47 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/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 EWA vs SPDW.
Top shared holdings
47 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWA | In SPDW | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 15.91% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 12.74% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 3 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 5.63% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 4 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 5.64% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 5 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 5.34% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 6 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 4.30% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 7 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 4.32% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 8 | RIO TINTO LIMITED | 3.09% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 9 | GOODMAN GROUP | 2.63% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 10 | CSL LIMITED | 3.96% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 11 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 2.95% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 12 | WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED | 2.35% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
Only in EWA
0 totalEvery EWA position is also held by SPDW.
Only in SPDW
2,381 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.96%
- SK hynix Inc 2.79%
- ASML Holding NV 2.28%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.97%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Roche Holding AG 0.86%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.86%
- Novartis AG 0.86%
- Nestle SA 0.80%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.72%
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More comparisons with SPDW
- SPDW vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 3.6%
- SPDW vs EWP · iShares MSCI Spain ETF 2.7%
- SPDW vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 2.1%
- SPDW vs EWH · iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF 1.2%
- SPDW vs EWS · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF 1.1%
- SPDW vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.