EFA vs IEFA

Both EFA and IEFA are ETFs. EFA has a lower 5-year return than IEFA (6.39% vs 6.88%). EFA has a higher expense ratio than IEFA (0.32% vs 0.07%). Below is the comparison between EFA and IEFA.

	EFA	IEFA
Segment	Equity: Developed Markets Ex-U.S. - Total Market	Equity: Developed Markets Ex-U.S. - Total Market
Issuer	BlackRock	BlackRock
Net Assets	$43.39B	$60.41B
Expense Ratio	0.32%	0.07%
Management Style	passive (index-based)	passive (index-based)
Dividend Yield	3.77%	3.89%
Underlying Index	MSCI EAFE Index	MSCI EAFE Investable Market Index
YTD Return	4.73%	5.03%
1-Year Return	7.10%	7.57%
3-Year Return	3.83%	4.06%
5-Year Return	6.39%	6.88%
10-Year Return	5.71%	N/A

EFA description

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded securities in the European, Australasian and Far Eastern markets, as measured by the Index. The Index has been developed by MSCI as an equity benchmark for its international stock performance.

EFA performance & returns

YTD Return	4.73%
1-Month Return	13.27%
3-Month Return	10.29%
1-Year Return	7.10%
3-Year Return	3.83%
5-Year Return	6.39%
10-Year Return	5.71%

EFA expense ratio is 0.32%.

EFA holdings

Top 10 Holdings (12.28% of Total Assets)

Name	Symbol	% Assets
Nestle SA	NESN	2.53%
Roche Holding AG Dividend Right Cert.	ROG	1.71%
Novartis AG	NOVN	1.31%
ASML Holding NV	ASML	1.17%
Toyota Motor Corp	7203	1.04%
AstraZeneca PLC	AZN.L	1.00%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE	MC.PA	0.98%
AIA Group Ltd	01299.HK	0.86%
SAP SE	SAP.DE	0.84%
Novo Nordisk A/S B	NOVO B	0.84%

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IEFA description

The Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the MSCI EAFE Investable Market Index. The Underlying Index is designed to measure large-, mid-, and small-cap capitalization equity market performance and includes stocks from Europe, Australasia, and the Far East.

IEFA performance & returns

YTD Return	5.03%
1-Month Return	13.04%
3-Month Return	10.32%
1-Year Return	7.57%
3-Year Return	4.06%
5-Year Return	6.88%
10-Year Return	N/A

IEFA expense ratio is 0.07%.

IEFA holdings

Top 10 Holdings (10.46% of Total Assets)

Name	Symbol	% Assets
Nestle SA	NESN	2.15%
Roche Holding AG Dividend Right Cert.	ROG	1.45%
Novartis AG	NOVN	1.12%
ASML Holding NV	ASML	1.00%
Toyota Motor Corp	7203	0.89%
AstraZeneca PLC	AZN.L	0.85%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE	MC.PA	0.84%
AIA Group Ltd	01299.HK	0.73%
SAP SE	SAP.DE	0.72%
Novo Nordisk A/S B	NOVO B	0.71%

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