EZU vs IEFA overlap - what they share and where they differ

EZU and IEFA share 30.4% of their weight across 218 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.

EZU and IEFA

30.4%

218 shared positions

EZU

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 218 positions · Aug 31, 2026

Top 10: 29.9%·Holdings of EZU

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Reported positions cover 98% of the fund, 2,405 positions · Jul 31, 2026

Top 10: 12.5%·Holdings of IEFA

Reported positions cover EZU 100%, IEFA 98% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

IEFA vs EZU side by side

EZUiShares MSCI Eurozone ETF

218

stock positions reported to the SEC

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

IEFAiShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

2,405

stock positions reported to the SEC

67.5% of its weight is in 2,187 names EZU does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

EZU
IEFA
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
12.3%
5.8%
Financial Services
5.2%
7.6%
Healthcare
2.9%
4.5%
Energy
3.2%
3.2%
Consumer Cyclical
1.8%
2.0%

The widest gap is Technology: EZU has 6.5 points more of it.

The figures side by side

EZUIEFA
Filing dateAug 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026
Stock positions reported2182,405
Weight of the ten largest29.9%12.5%
Largest positionASML 8.4%ASML 2.5%
Held alone0 positions, 0.0%2,187 positions, 67.5%
Covered by stock positions100%98%

Holdings they share

StockIn EZUIn IEFACounted
ASMLASML Holding N.V.8.38%2.50%2.50%
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT3.13%0.95%0.95%
BANCO SANTANDER, S.A.2.67%0.79%0.79%
SAPSAP SE2.93%0.76%0.76%
ALLIANZ SE2.53%0.74%0.74%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE2.39%0.72%0.72%
TTETOTALENERGIES SE2.21%0.67%0.67%
BBVABanco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.2.07%0.61%0.61%
IBERDROLA, S.A.1.84%0.58%0.58%
AIRBUS SE1.73%0.54%0.54%

What each holds alone

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

Only in EZU

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

Only in IEFA

HSBCHSBC HOLDINGS PLC1.42%
MUFGMitsubishi Corporation1.28%
ROCHE HOLDING AG1.25%
NVSNovartis AG1.12%
AZNASTRAZENECA PLC1.00%
NESTLE S.A.1.00%
SHELSHELL PLC1.00%
NODKNIPPON KANZAI Holdings Co.,Ltd.0.94%
BHPBHP GROUP LIMITED0.83%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA0.82%

Questions people ask

Is EZU the same as IEFA?

30.4% of their weight sits in the same 218 holdings. Among its reported positions, EZU holds nothing the other does not also hold. IEFA also reports HSBC, MUFG, ROCHE HOLDING AG, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between EZU and IEFA measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 100% of EZU and 98% of IEFA, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, IEFA or EZU?

EZU reports 218 stock positions and IEFA reports 2,405. 0.0% of EZU's weight sits in names IEFA does not hold, and 67.5% of IEFA's weight in names EZU does not hold. The ten largest positions are 29.9% of EZU and 12.5% of IEFA.

How do EZU and IEFA differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: EZU has 6.5 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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