ETF comparison
EWP vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
21 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWP and IEFA would leave roughly 3.5% 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
IEFA is 43 bps cheaper than EWP. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/yr more in fees for EWP.
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 EWP vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
21 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWP | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 19.83% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 2 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | 14.39% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 3 | Iberdrola, S.A. | 13.14% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 4 | Industria de Diseno Textil, S.A. | 4.59% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 5 | CaixaBank, S.A. | 4.72% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 6 | Repsol, S.A. | 4.66% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 7 | Ferrovial N.V. | 3.55% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 8 | Amadeus IT Group, S.A. | 4.07% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 9 | ACS, Actividades de Construccion y Servicios, S.A. | 3.29% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 10 | Aena, S.M.E., S.A. | 3.34% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 11 | Banco de Sabadell, S.A. | 3.52% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 12 | Endesa, Sociedad Anonima | 3.04% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in EWP
0 totalEvery EWP position is also held by IEFA.
Only in IEFA
2,592 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Novartis AG 1.12%
- Nestle S.A. 1.00%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%
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- IEFA vs EWS · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF 1.6%
- IEFA vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 0.2%
- IEFA vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 0.1%
- IEFA vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 0.1%
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
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/methodology/.
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