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EWC vs EWU

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWC and EWU would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWC unmatched 99.7% Shared 0.0% EWU unmatched 99.1%

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.

In EWC only
84 positions
Shared
0 positions
In EWU only
68 positions

Side by side

EWC

iShares MSCI Canada ETF

iShares · International Developed

67 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$7.58B
TTM yield
1.24%
Top-10 conc.
44.1%
EWU

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

iShares · International Developed

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$3.73B
TTM yield
3.12%
Top-10 conc.
52.4%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
50
81
Tax efficiency
77
95
Liquidity
81
51
Concentration
39
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Tracking quality
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EWC sub-score EWU

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.50% vs 0.50%).

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 EWC vs EWU.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EWC

84 total
  • ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 8.98%
  • THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 6.30%
  • SHOPIFY INC. 5.68%
  • BANK OF MONTREAL 3.69%
  • THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 3.55%
  • Enbridge Inc. 3.47%
  • CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 3.29%
  • CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE 3.28%
  • AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 3.24%
  • Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited 2.60%

Only in EWU

68 total
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 10.95%
  • SHELL PLC 7.93%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 7.59%
  • ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 5.28%
  • UNILEVER PLC 4.33%
  • BP P.L.C. 3.49%
  • BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 3.46%
  • RIO TINTO PLC 3.40%
  • GSK PLC 3.17%
  • BARCLAYS PLC 2.80%

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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/.

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.