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EFA vs IEFA overlap

85% of EFA and IEFA is the same money, spread over 655 companies both funds hold.

Holdings as of October 16, 2026 · source: iShares (EFA), iShares (IEFA) · How we measured all 1,431 pairs

overlapfull holdings, by weight
85%of each fund is money the other holds at the same weight, across 655 shared companies.
EFA
85%
99% in IEFA
IEFA
85%15%
85% in EFA
  • same money
  • same companies, extra weight
  • only in this fund
Overlap = the sum, over companies both funds hold, of the smaller of the two weights. Cash and derivatives excluded.
01Shared

The companies you would own twice

held by bothtop 15 of 655
companyEFAIEFA
ASASMLASML HOLDING2.98%2.56%
HSHSBAHSBC HOLDINGS PLC1.51%1.29%
ROCHE PS PAR AG logoROPROCHE PS PAR AG1.50%1.28%
SHSHELSHELL1.41%1.21%
NONOVNNOVARTIS AG1.28%1.10%
NENESNNESTLE SA1.19%1.02%
AZAZNASTRAZENECA PLC1.16%1.00%
838306MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP1.09%0.93%
SASAPSAP1.05%0.90%
SISIESIEMENS N AG1.02%0.88%
BHBHPBHP GROUP LTD0.98%0.84%
SASANBANCO SANTANDER0.89%0.76%
727203TOYOTA MOTOR0.86%0.73%
ALALVALLIANZ0.86%0.73%
CBCBACOMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA0.83%0.71%
02Different

What only one of them gives you

only in EFA0 names

Every EFA holding is also in the other fund.

only in IEFA1,963 names
IMIMIIMI PLC0.04%
BSBSLBLUESCOPE STEEL0.04%
WEWEIRWEIR PLC0.04%
717167MEBUKI FINANCIAL GROUP INC0.04%
656532BAYCURRENT INC0.04%
GTGTTGAZTRANSPORT & TECHNIGAZ SA0.04%
585831SHIZUOKA FINANCIAL GROUP INC0.03%
PSPSPNPSP SWISS PROPERTY AG0.03%
03Sectors

Where each fund puts its money

sectorsEFA vs IEFA, share of each fund
Financials25.50%23.74%
Industrials18.58%19.21%
Information Technology10.46%10.46%
Health Care10.38%9.72%
Consumer Discretionary8.22%8.67%
Consumer Staples6.91%6.69%
Materials5.96%6.64%
Energy4.21%4.13%
Communication Services3.80%3.86%
Utilities3.77%3.54%
Real Estate1.45%2.57%
04Questions

EFA and IEFA: what people ask

questions5 answered

Is IEFA the same as EFA?

Nearly: 85% of the money in EFA and IEFA sits in the same companies at the same weights, as of October 16, 2026. The other 15% is weight differences, plus 0 names only in EFA and 1,963 only in IEFA.

How much do EFA and IEFA overlap?

85% by weight, as of October 16, 2026: nearly the same fund. 655 companies appear in both funds; they make up 99% of EFA and 85% of IEFA.

Which stocks do EFA and IEFA both hold?

The largest shared positions are ASML, HSBA, ROP, SHEL and NOVN. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.

Is it redundant to hold both EFA and IEFA?

Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $85 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 0 names only in EFA, 1,963 only in IEFA. Half in each behaves like 225 equally weighted stocks, against 194 for EFA alone and 263 for IEFA alone. Whether that duplication is a problem depends on the mix you want; this is a description, not advice.

How is ETF overlap calculated here?

For every company held by both funds we take the smaller of its two weights and add them up. The weights come from the full holdings files iShares publish, not a top-10 sample, and companies are matched by their ISIN so share classes stay apart. Sector overlap applies the same rule to the issuers' sector labels; "behaves like N equally weighted stocks" is one over the sum of the squared weights.

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Weights come from each issuer's published holdings file and are matched company by company on their ISIN. Cash, futures and currency positions are left out. This page describes what the funds hold; it is not investment advice.