EFA vs IDEV overlap - what they share and where they differ

EFA and IDEV share 74.8% of their weight across 628 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

EFA and IDEV

74.8%

628 shared positions

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

Reported positions cover 98% of the fund, 628 positions · Jul 31, 2026

Top 10: 14.4%·Holdings of EFA

IDEV

iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

Reported positions cover 98% of the fund, 2,125 positions · Jul 31, 2026

Top 10: 11.1%·Holdings of IDEV

Reported positions cover EFA 98%, IDEV 98% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

IDEV vs EFA side by side

EFAiShares MSCI EAFE ETF

628

stock positions reported to the SEC

0.0% of its weight is in 0 names IDEV does not hold

IDEViShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

2,125

stock positions reported to the SEC

23.1% of its weight is in 1,497 names EFA does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

EFA
IDEV
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Financial Services
8.3%
9.9%
Technology
6.1%
5.9%
Healthcare
5.1%
4.0%
Energy
3.7%
4.4%
Basic Materials
0.0%
3.4%
Consumer Cyclical
2.2%
0.0%

The widest gap is Basic Materials: IDEV has 3.4 points more of it.

The figures side by side

EFAIDEV
Filing dateJul 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026
Stock positions reported6282,125
Weight of the ten largest14.4%11.1%
Largest positionASML 2.9%ASML 2.2%
Held alone0 positions, 0.0%1,497 positions, 23.1%
Covered by stock positions98%98%

Holdings they share

StockIn EFAIn IDEVCounted
ASMLASML Holding N.V.2.90%2.19%2.19%
HSBCHSBC HOLDINGS PLC1.66%1.24%1.24%
MUFGMitsubishi Corporation1.49%1.14%1.14%
ROCHE HOLDING AG1.45%1.10%1.10%
NVSNovartis AG1.30%0.98%0.98%
AZNASTRAZENECA PLC1.17%0.88%0.88%
NESTLE S.A.1.17%0.88%0.88%
SHELSHELL PLC1.17%0.88%0.88%
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT1.10%0.83%0.83%
BHPBHP GROUP LIMITED0.97%0.73%0.73%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in EFA

Nothing among its reported positions that the others do not also hold.

Only in IDEV

RYROYAL BANK OF CANADA1.00%
TDTHE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK0.68%
SHOPSHOPIFY INC.0.49%
BMOBANK OF MONTREAL0.42%
ENBEnbridge Inc.0.40%
CMCANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE0.37%
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA0.37%
CNQCANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED0.34%
BROOKFIELD CORPBrookfield Corporation0.29%
SUSuncor Energy Inc.0.28%

Questions people ask

Is EFA the same as IDEV?

74.8% of their weight sits in the same 628 holdings. Among its reported positions, EFA holds nothing the other does not also hold. IDEV also reports RY, TD, SHOP, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between EFA and IDEV measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 98% of EFA and 98% of IDEV, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, IDEV or EFA?

EFA reports 628 stock positions and IDEV reports 2,125. 0.0% of EFA's weight sits in names IDEV does not hold, and 23.1% of IDEV's weight in names EFA does not hold. The ten largest positions are 14.4% of EFA and 11.1% of IDEV.

How do EFA and IDEV differ by sector?

The widest gap is Basic Materials: IDEV has 3.4 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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