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

IEFA and SCZ share 13.7% of their weight across 925 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.

IEFA and SCZ

13.7%

925 shared positions

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Reported positions cover 97% of the fund, 1,568 positions · Apr 30, 2026

Top 10: 12.0%·Holdings of IEFA

SCZ

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

Reported positions cover 96% of the fund, 1,894 positions · Apr 30, 2026

Top 10: 5.8%·Holdings of SCZ

Reported positions cover IEFA 97%, SCZ 96% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

SCZ vs IEFA side by side

IEFAiShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

1,568

stock positions reported to the SEC

82.0% of its weight is in 643 names SCZ does not hold

SCZiShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

1,894

stock positions reported to the SEC

18.6% of its weight is in 969 names IEFA does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Financial Services
8.5%
3.1%
Technology
5.1%
1.3%
Healthcare
4.6%
0.6%
Energy
2.8%
0.0%
Consumer Cyclical
1.8%
0.0%
Industrials
0.0%
1.2%

The widest gap is Financial Services: IEFA has 5.4 points more of it.

The figures side by side

IEFASCZ
Filing dateApr 30, 2026Apr 30, 2026
Stock positions reported1,5681,894
Weight of the ten largest12.0%5.8%
Largest positionASML 2.2%NODK 2.5%
Held alone643 positions, 82.0%969 positions, 18.6%
Covered by stock positions97%96%

Holdings they share

StockIn IEFAIn SCZCounted
NODKNIPPON KANZAI Holdings Co.,Ltd.0.93%2.47%0.93%
INTRINTERNATIONAL WORKPLACE GROUP PLC0.11%0.28%0.11%
SAPSAPPORO HOLDINGS LIMITED0.71%0.10%0.10%
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.0.07%0.50%0.07%
KOCoca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc.0.06%0.08%0.06%
MITSUI KINZOKU COMPANY, LIMITED0.06%0.43%0.06%
PLS GROUP LIMITED0.06%0.39%0.06%
RESONAC HOLDINGS CORPORATION0.06%0.44%0.06%
DIPLOMA PLC0.05%0.35%0.05%
ENLTENLIGHT RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD0.05%0.32%0.05%

What each holds alone

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

Only in IEFA

ASMLASML Holding N.V.2.21%
HSBCHSBC HOLDINGS PLC1.24%
MUFGMitsubishi Corporation1.21%
ROCHE HOLDING AG1.18%
AZNASTRAZENECA PLC1.16%
NVSNovartis AG1.11%
NESTLE S.A.1.03%
SHELSHELL PLC1.02%
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT0.89%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA0.83%

Only in SCZ

TSLXSixt SE0.06%
ASKER HEALTHCARE GROUP AB0.05%
DPZDomino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd0.05%
ELECNOR, S.A.0.05%
HANG LUNG GROUP LIMITED0.05%
INABA DENKI SANGYO CO.,LTD.0.05%
O.Y. NOFAR ENERGY LTD0.05%
AQ GROUP AB0.04%
BLUENORD ASA0.04%
CAREL INDUSTRIES S.P.A.0.04%

Questions people ask

Is IEFA the same as SCZ?

13.7% of their weight sits in the same 925 holdings. IEFA also reports ASML, HSBC, MUFG, which the other does not. SCZ also reports TSLX, ASKER HEALTHCARE GROUP AB, DPZ, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between IEFA and SCZ measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 97% of IEFA and 96% of SCZ, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, SCZ or IEFA?

IEFA reports 1,568 stock positions and SCZ reports 1,894. 82.0% of IEFA's weight sits in names SCZ does not hold, and 18.6% of SCZ's weight in names IEFA does not hold. The ten largest positions are 12.0% of IEFA and 5.8% of SCZ.

How do IEFA and SCZ differ by sector?

The widest gap is Financial Services: IEFA has 5.4 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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Descriptive data from public SEC filings. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund or stock, and holdings change between filings.