etf overlap · moderate overlap

EFA vs VXUS overlap

47% of EFA and VXUS is the same money, spread over 644 companies both funds hold.

Holdings as of September 24, 2026 · source: iShares (EFA), Vanguard (VXUS) · How we measured all 1,035 pairs

overlapfull holdings, by weight
47%of each fund is money the other holds at the same weight, across 644 shared companies.
EFA
47%51%
VXUS
47%53%
  • 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 644
companyEFAVXUS
ASASMLASML HOLDING3.08%1.54%
HSHSBAHSBC HOLDINGS PLC1.58%0.76%
ROCHE PS PAR AG logoROPROCHE PS PAR AG1.43%0.65%
SHSHELSHELL1.29%0.62%
NONOVNNOVARTIS AG1.22%0.59%
838306MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP1.11%0.56%
AZAZNASTRAZENECA PLC1.15%0.54%
NENESNNESTLE SA1.12%0.52%
SISIESIEMENS N AG1.05%0.50%
BHBHPBHP GROUP LTD1.01%0.48%
SASAPSAP0.98%0.45%
SASANBANCO SANTANDER0.94%0.45%
727203TOYOTA MOTOR0.82%0.43%
ALALVALLIANZ0.84%0.40%
SUSUSCHNEIDER ELECTRIC0.84%0.40%
02Different

What only one of them gives you

only in EFA12 names
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY logoSPOTSPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY0.35%
NBNBISNEBIUS NV CLASS A0.23%
SESESEA ADS REPRESENTING LTD CLASS A0.17%
AEAERAERCAP HOLDINGS0.11%
CHCHKPCHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES0.05%
TITIGOMILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR0.04%
SRSRT3SARTORIUS PREF AG0.04%
GRGRABGRAB HOLDINGS CLASS A0.03%
only in VXUS8,220 names
232330Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd4.24%
00005930Samsung Electronics Co Ltd2.02%
00000660SK hynix Inc1.65%
70700Tencent Holdings Ltd0.76%
RYRYRoyal Bank of Canada0.61%
999988Alibaba Group Holding Ltd0.57%
242454MediaTek Inc0.50%
TDTDToronto-Dominion Bank/The0.43%
03Sectors

Where each fund puts its money

sectorsEFA vs VXUS, share of each fund
Financials26.13%21.94%
Industrials18.79%13.89%
Information Technology10.74%19.38%
Health Care10.09%6.29%
Consumer Discretionary7.96%7.34%
Materials6.00%6.55%
Consumer Staples6.52%4.43%
Energy4.05%4.30%
Communication Services3.97%3.71%
Utilities3.67%2.69%
Real Estate1.46%1.90%
Not classified0.00%4.44%
04Questions

EFA and VXUS: what people ask

questions4 answered

How much do EFA and VXUS overlap?

47% by weight, as of September 24, 2026: moderate overlap. 644 companies appear in both funds; they make up 98% of EFA and 47% of VXUS.

Which stocks do EFA and VXUS 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 VXUS?

Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $47 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 12 names only in EFA, 8,220 only in VXUS. Half in each behaves like 275 equally weighted stocks, against 193 for EFA alone and 232 for VXUS 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 and Vanguard 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.