etf overlap · heavy overlap

VEA vs EFA overlap

65% of VEA and EFA is the same money, spread over 643 companies both funds hold.

Holdings as of August 31, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VEA), iShares (EFA)

overlapfull holdings, by weight

65%of each fund is money the other holds at the same weight, across 643 shared companies.

VEA

65%35%

EFA

65%33%

same money
same companies, extra weight
only in this fund

01Shared

The companies you would own twice

held by bothtop 15 of 643

companyVEAEFA

ASASMLASML Holding NV1.95%3.08%

HSHSBAHSBC Holdings PLC1.05%1.58%

ROPRoche Holding AG0.91%1.43%

NONOVNNovartis AG0.85%1.22%

SHSHELShell PLC0.77%1.29%

NENESNNestle SA0.75%1.12%

838306Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc0.74%1.11%

SISIESiemens AG0.73%1.05%

AZAZNAstraZeneca PLC0.72%1.15%

BHBHPBHP Group Ltd0.71%1.01%

SASAPSAP SE0.68%0.98%

SASANBanco Santander SA0.65%0.94%

727203Toyota Motor Corp0.63%0.82%

ALALVAllianz SE0.59%0.84%

CBCBACommonwealth Bank of Australia0.57%0.82%

02Different

What only one of them gives you

only in VEA3,248 names

00005930Samsung Electronics Co Ltd2.60%

00000660SK hynix Inc2.00%

RYRYRoyal Bank of Canada0.85%

TDTDToronto-Dominion Bank/The0.60%

SHOPShopify Inc0.54%

BMBMOBank of Montreal0.36%

BNBNSBank of Nova Scotia/The0.34%

ENENBEnbridge Inc0.33%

only in EFA13 names

SPOTSPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY0.35%

NBNBISNEBIUS NV CLASS A0.23%

SESESEA ADS REPRESENTING LTD CLASS A0.17%

AEAERAERCAP HOLDINGS0.11%

CHCHKPCHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES0.05%

BSBS6YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS0.05%

TITIGOMILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR0.04%

SRSRT3SARTORIUS PREF AG0.04%

03Sectors

Where each fund puts its money

sectorsVEA vs EFA, share of each fund

Financials22.30%26.13%

Industrials14.79%18.79%

Information Technology13.04%10.74%

Health Care6.97%10.09%

Consumer Discretionary6.26%7.96%

Materials5.78%6.00%

Consumer Staples4.60%6.52%

Energy4.19%4.05%

Communication Services2.50%3.97%

Utilities2.69%3.67%

Real Estate1.01%1.46%

Not classified13.85%0.00%

04Questions

VEA and EFA: what people ask

questions4 answered

How much do VEA and EFA overlap?

65% by weight, as of August 31, 2026: heavy overlap. 643 companies appear in both funds; they make up 65% of VEA and 98% of EFA.

Which stocks do VEA and EFA both hold?

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

Is it redundant to hold both VEA and EFA?

Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $65 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 3,248 names only in VEA, 13 only in EFA. 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 Vanguard and iShares publish, not a top-10 sample, and companies are matched by their ISIN so share classes stay apart.

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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.