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ETF comparison

EWH vs VEA

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
1.1 %

23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWH and VEA would leave roughly 1.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWH unmatched 98.5% Shared 1.1% VEA unmatched 96.3%

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 EWH only
2 positions
Shared
23 positions
In VEA only
3,839 positions

Side by side

EWH

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

iShares · International Developed

52 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$1.24B
TTM yield
4.45%
Top-10 conc.
70.5%
VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$309.07B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.46%
Top-10 conc.
13.1%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
97
74
Tax efficiency
78
61
Liquidity
100
14
Concentration
96
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Tracking quality
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EWH sub-score VEA

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

Cost difference

VEA is 47 bps cheaper than EWH. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/yr more in fees for EWH.

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 EWH vs VEA.

Top shared holdings

23 shared in total
# Holding In EWH In VEA Overlap
1 AIA Group Limited 20.29% 0.30% 0.30%
2 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 16.14% 0.17% 0.17%
3 TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED 5.28% 0.07% 0.07%
4 CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LIMITED 5.97% 0.07% 0.07%
5 BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 5.15% 0.06% 0.06%
6 SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED 3.92% 0.06% 0.06%
7 CLP HOLDINGS LIMITED 4.40% 0.05% 0.05%
8 Link Real Estate Investment Trust 3.49% 0.04% 0.04%
9 JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED 2.28% 0.04% 0.04%
10 CK ASSET HOLDINGS LIMITED 2.90% 0.03% 0.03%
11 Power Assets Holdings Limited 2.94% 0.03% 0.03%
12 The Hong Kong & China Gas Co Ltd 2.88% 0.03% 0.03%

Only in EWH

2 total
  • Futu Holdings Limited 1.88%
  • HKT Trust and HKT Limited 1.69%

Only in VEA

3,839 total
  • ASML Holding NV 2.36%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
  • SK hynix Inc 1.39%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
  • Novartis AG 0.90%
  • Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.89%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
  • Nestle SA 0.82%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open EWH or VEA 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/.

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.