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EWU vs VGK

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
18.8 %

72 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWU and VGK would leave roughly 18.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWU only 80.6% Shared 18.8% VGK only 78.7%
In EWU only
2 positions
Shared
72 positions
In VGK only
1,153 positions

Side by side

EWU

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

iShares · International Developed

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$3.67B
TTM yield
3.20%
Top-10 conc.
52.2%
VGK

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Vanguard · International Developed

91 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$37.86B
TTM yield
2.88%
Top-10 conc.
18.0%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
94
77
Tax efficiency
77
81
Liquidity
100
40
Concentration
89
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Tracking quality
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EWU sub-score VGK

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

Cost difference

VGK is 44 bps cheaper than EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for EWU.

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 EWU vs VGK.

Top shared holdings

72 shared in total
# Holding In EWU In VGK Overlap
1 HSBC Holdings PLC 9.51% 2.03% 2.03%
2 AstraZeneca PLC 9.64% 1.83% 1.83%
3 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 4.47% 0.88% 0.88%
4 Unilever PLC 4.73% 0.81% 0.81%
5 BP PLC 3.01% 0.80% 0.80%
6 British American Tobacco PLC 4.03% 0.80% 0.80%
7 GSK PLC 3.57% 0.67% 0.67%
8 Rio Tinto PLC 3.30% 0.67% 0.67%
9 National Grid PLC 2.74% 0.57% 0.57%
10 BAE Systems PLC 2.53% 0.54% 0.54%
11 Barclays PLC 2.50% 0.53% 0.53%
12 Glencore PLC 2.15% 0.53% 0.53%

Only in EWU

2 total
  • Ashtead Group PLC 0.89%
  • BlackRock Funds III 0.13%

Only in VGK

1,153 total
  • ASML Holding NV 3.61%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.84%
  • Novartis AG 1.83%
  • Nestle SA 1.68%
  • Siemens AG 1.40%
  • Banco Santander SA 1.15%
  • Allianz SE 1.12%
  • SAP SE 1.11%
  • Schneider Electric SE 1.11%
  • TotalEnergies SE 1.09%

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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.