ETF comparison
IEFA vs SPDW
Both International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
Holdings overlap
1,730 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and SPDW would leave roughly 77.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPDW is 4 bps cheaper than IEFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for IEFA.
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 IEFA vs SPDW.
Top shared holdings
1,730 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEFA | In SPDW | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.21% | 1.68% | 1.68% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.16% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.11% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 4 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.24% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 5 | SHELL PLC | 1.02% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 6 | Roche Holding AG | 1.13% | 0.92% | 0.92% |
| 7 | Nestle S.A. | 1.03% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 8 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.71% | 0.81% | 0.71% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.80% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 10 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.83% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 11 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.73% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 12 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.89% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
Only in IEFA
891 total- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.12%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.12%
- RYANAIR HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.09%
- WH GROUP LIMITED 0.04%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 0.04%
- SITC International Holdings Co Ltd 0.02%
- LION FINANCE GROUP PLC 0.02%
- GREATLAND RESOURCES LIMITED 0.02%
- InPost S.A. 0.02%
- CSG NV 0.02%
Only in SPDW
671 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.87%
- SK hynix Inc 0.96%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.75%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.52%
- Shopify Inc 0.48%
- Enbridge Inc 0.39%
- Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 0.36%
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 0.34%
- Bank of Montreal 0.33%
- Brookfield Corp 0.30%
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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/.
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