EFA holdings and overlap
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA) holds 657 positions in its iShares file of 2026-10-15. Its three largest are ASML Holding (ASML.NL) at 2.98%, HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA.GB) at 1.51% and Roche PS Par AG (ROP.CH) at 1.51%, and its ten largest make up 14.2% of the fund.
In its iShares file of 2026-10-15, EFA is 24.6% financials, 17.7% industrials and 10.2% technology by sector (no sector found for 3.5%), with none of it in mega-cap tech or in the ten largest US companies by market value. By country, 24.1% of EFA is in Japan, 14.7% in the United Kingdom, 9.5% in Switzerland and 9.2% in France.
What does EFA hold, as of its issuer file of 2026-10-15?
EFA spreads its weight across 657 positions, against a median of 1152 across the 29 International Large Blend funds with a page here. 54 of the 594 funds with a page hold ASML.NL, and EFA gives it more weight than all but 16 of them.
| Rank | Company | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML.NL ASML Holding | 2.98% | |
| 2 | HSBA.GB HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.51% | |
| 3 | ROP.CH Roche PS Par AG | 1.51% | |
| 4 | SHEL.GB Shell | 1.4% | |
| 5 | NOVN.CH Novartis AG | 1.3% | |
| 6 | AZN.GB Astrazeneca PLC | 1.19% | |
| 7 | NESN.CH Nestle SA | 1.18% | |
| 8 | 8306.JP Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | 1.08% | |
| 9 | SAP.DE SAP | 1.07% | |
| 10 | SIE.DE Siemens N AG | 1.03% | |
| 11 | BHP.AU BHP Group Ltd | 0.96% | |
| 12 | SAN.ES Banco Santander | 0.9% | |
| 13 | ALV.DE Allianz | 0.86% | |
| 14 | 7203.JP Toyota Motor | 0.85% | |
| 15 | CBA.AU Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.85% | |
| 16 | TTE.FR Totalenergies | 0.82% | |
| 17 | 6857.JP Advantest | 0.74% | |
| 18 | SU.FR Schneider Electric | 0.74% | |
| 19 | 6501.JP Hitachi | 0.73% | |
| 20 | 6098.JP Recruit Holdings Ltd | 0.72% | |
| 21 | RR.GB Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.71% | |
| 22 | IBE.ES Iberdrola | 0.7% | |
| 23 | 8316.JP Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | 0.69% | |
| 24 | UBSG.CH UBS Group AG | 0.69% | |
| 25 | 8035.JP Tokyo Electron | 0.68% | |
| 26 | BBVA.ES Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | 0.67% | |
| 27 | 6758.JP Sony Group | 0.67% | |
| 28 | ABBN.CH ABB Ltd | 0.67% | |
| 29 | ULVR.GB Unilever PLC | 0.66% | |
| 30 | AIR.FR Airbus Group | 0.61% | |
| 31 | NOVOB.DK Novo Nordisk | 0.6% | |
| 32 | BP.GB BP PLC | 0.59% | |
| 33 | SAF.FR Safran SA | 0.57% | |
| 34 | AI.FR Lair Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour | 0.56% | |
| 35 | D05.SG DBS Group Holdings Ltd | 0.56% | |
| 36 | 8411.JP Mizuho Financial Group | 0.54% | |
| 37 | BATS.GB British American Tobacco | 0.54% | |
| 38 | ENR.DE Siemens Energy N AG | 0.54% | |
| 39 | UCG.IT Unicredit | 0.54% | |
| 40 | 9984.JP Softbank Group Corp | 0.53% | |
| 41 | CFR.CH Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA | 0.53% | |
| 42 | MC.FR LVMH | 0.52% | |
| 43 | OR.FR Loreal SA | 0.51% | |
| 44 | ZURN.CH Zurich Insurance Group AG | 0.51% | |
| 45 | GSK.GB Glaxosmithkline | 0.47% | |
| 46 | BNP.FR BNP Paribas SA | 0.46% | |
| 47 | DTE.DE Deutsche Telekom N AG | 0.46% | |
| 48 | ISP.IT Intesa Sanpaolo | 0.45% | |
| 49 | 1299.HK AIA Group | 0.45% | |
| 50 | INGA.NL ING Groep | 0.45% | |
| 51 | RIO.GB Rio Tinto | 0.45% | |
| 52 | 6861.JP Keyence | 0.44% | |
| 53 | 285A.JP Kioxia Holdings | 0.44% | |
| 54 | 8766.JP Tokio Marine Holdings | 0.43% | |
| 55 | 8058.JP Mitsubishi | 0.42% | |
| 56 | 9983.JP Fast Retailing | 0.41% | |
| 57 | SAN.FR Sanofi SA | 0.41% | |
| 58 | NAB.AU National Australia Bank | 0.4% | |
| 59 | WBC.AU Westpac Banking Corporation | 0.4% | |
| 60 | LLOY.GB Lloyds Banking Group PLC | 0.38% | |
| 61 | ANZ.AU ANZ Group Holdings Ltd | 0.38% | |
| 62 | NG.GB National Grid PLC | 0.37% | |
| 63 | SPOT Spotify Technology S.A. | 0.37% | |
| 64 | 8001.JP Itochu | 0.37% | |
| 65 | BARC.GB Barclays PLC | 0.36% | |
| 66 | ENEL.IT Enel | 0.36% | |
| 67 | MUV2.DE Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gese | 0.36% | |
| 68 | IFX.DE Infineon Technologies AG | 0.36% | |
| 69 | CS.FR AXA SA | 0.35% | |
| 70 | BA.GB Bae Systems PLC | 0.35% | |
| 71 | O39.SG Oversea-Chinese Banking | 0.34% | |
| 72 | ABI.BE Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA | 0.34% | |
| 73 | 8031.JP Mitsui | 0.34% | |
| 74 | 7011.JP Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 0.34% | |
| 75 | INVEB.SE Investor | 0.34% | |
| 76 | GLEN.GB Glencore PLC | 0.33% | |
| 77 | NWG.GB Natwest Group PLC | 0.33% | |
| 78 | 6981.JP Murata Manufacturing | 0.32% | |
| 79 | ITX.ES Industria de Diseno Textil SA | 0.32% | |
| 80 | REL.GB Relx PLC | 0.32% | |
| 81 | 4502.JP Takeda Pharmaceutical | 0.29% | |
| 82 | DB1.DE Deutsche Boerse AG | 0.29% | |
| 83 | MQG.AU Macquarie Group Ltd Def | 0.29% | |
| 84 | CSL.AU CSL | 0.29% | |
| 85 | 4063.JP Shin Etsu Chemical | 0.29% | |
| 86 | WES.AU Wesfarmers | 0.29% | |
| 87 | DHL.DE DHL AG | 0.28% | |
| 88 | 6503.JP Mitsubishi Electric | 0.28% | |
| 89 | 6752.JP Panasonic Holdings | 0.27% | |
| 90 | 7974.JP Nintendo | 0.27% | |
| 91 | AAL.GB Anglo American PLC | 0.27% | |
| 92 | DG.FR Vinci SA | 0.27% | |
| 93 | DBK.DE Deutsche Bank AG | 0.26% | |
| 94 | CPG.GB Compass Group PLC | 0.26% | |
| 95 | RHM.DE Rheinmetall AG | 0.25% | |
| 96 | SREN.CH Swiss Re AG | 0.25% | |
| 97 | NDAFI.FI Nordea Bank | 0.25% | |
| 98 | 9433.JP KDDI | 0.25% | |
| 99 | ARGX.BE Argenx | 0.25% | |
| 100 | 7741.JP Hoya | 0.25% |
The most recent file iShares has published for EFA is dated 2026-10-15, 1 day before these prices, which is the median for the iShares ETFs covered here. Every one of the 657 positions EFA holds, with its weight, is in the fund's JSON file. See the other 53 ETFs with a page here that hold ASML.NL, and how their weights compare with the 2.98% EFA gives it.
Category: International Large Blend, set by TickerInside from the ETF's own latest file. In its file of 2026-10-15, 100% of its stocks are outside the US; weighted by holding, they sit where 41% of their market's value is in larger companies (large: up to 78%); growth index funds hold 49% of their value against 49% for companies of the same sizes in the whole market (blend: within 10 points). How categories are set.
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On the close of Monday, October 12, 2026, EFA neither created nor redeemed shares. Over its last 5 closes, a net inflow of $0, 3 of them measured.
From EFA's own holdings files. Every ETF's latest flows.
How is EFA split by sector and country?
| Sector | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|
| Financials | 24.6% | |
| Industrials | 17.7% | |
| Technology | 10.2% | |
| Health care | 10.1% | |
| Consumer discretionary | 7.8% | |
| Consumer staples | 6.8% | |
| Materials | 5.8% | |
| Energy | 4.2% | |
| Communication services | 3.7% | |
| Utilities | 3.4% | |
| Real estate | 1.5% | |
| No sector found | 3.5% |
| Country | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 24.1% | |
| United Kingdom | 14.7% | |
| Switzerland | 9.5% | |
| France | 9.2% | |
| Germany | 8.7% | |
| Australia | 6.5% | |
| Netherlands | 5.8% | |
| Spain | 3.9% | |
| Sweden | 3.4% | |
| Italy | 3.1% | |
| Other countries | 10.4% |
From its iShares file of 2026-10-15. How these are measured.
What did EFA hold in its SEC reports since 2019?
In EFA's SEC filings, its largest position went from Nestle SA (NESN.CH) at 2.27% on 2019-10-31 to ASML Holding NV (ASML.NL) at 2.90% on 2026-07-31, across 28 quarterly reports.
| Report | Positions | Largest | Top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-31 | 903 | NESN.CH 2.27% | 11.7% |
| 2020-10-31 | 897 | NESN.CH 2.53% | 12.3% |
| 2021-10-31 | 840 | NESN.CH 2.19% | 13.0% |
| 2022-10-31 | 799 | NESN.CH 2.37% | 14.9% |
| 2023-10-31 | 797 | NOVOB.DK 2.20% | 15.1% |
| 2024-10-31 | 732 | NOVOB.DK 2.17% | 14.1% |
| 2025-10-31 | 694 | ASML.NL 2.09% | 12.7% |
| 2026-07-31 | 658 | ASML.NL 2.90% | 13.9% |
The first report, then the last of each year, of the 28 reports EFA filed on SEC Form N-PORT from 2019-10-31 to 2026-07-31, each company under its ticker today. Every position of every report is in its quarterly file, and at any date at /api/v1/history/efa/{date}.json. How these are read.
What does EFA duplicate?
The ETF nearest to EFA is HEFA: the two hold 98.4% of their weight in common, in the 657 companies both own, and 100.0% of EFA itself is also held there. Owning EFA alongside the ETFs at the top of this table means holding mostly the same companies twice. EFA is close to contained in HEFA.
| ETF | Overlap by weight | Of EFA held there | Of that ETF in EFA | Companies in both | Overlap bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEFA | 98.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 657 | |
| EFAX | 89.6% | 90.9% | 98.4% | 610 | |
| IEFA | 85.1% | 100.0% | 85.7% | 657 | |
| IDEV | 74.6% | 100.0% | 75.2% | 657 | |
| EFAA | 74.1% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 638 | |
| QEFA | 71.6% | 98.2% | 99.3% | 612 | |
| SCHF | 70.8% | 98.3% | 71.8% | 637 | |
| ESGD | 70.3% | 77.3% | 100.0% | 329 | |
| SPDW | 68.5% | 98.9% | 69.2% | 639 | |
| DFAI | 67.0% | 95.2% | 71.8% | 595 | |
| VEA | 65.4% | 98.3% | 66.3% | 637 | |
| IEUR | 63.8% | 64.3% | 90.1% | 387 |
SCHF's holdings are from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-05-31, filed 2026-07-24. DFAI's holdings are from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-24. VEA's holdings are from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-28. The other ETFs' holdings are from their issuers' latest files. Check EFA against any ETF in the ETF overlap calculator · how overlap is measured.
What adds something different to EFA?
IYR shares 0% of weight with EFA and its weekly returns correlate with it at 0.54 over three years. The table lists the covered ETFs with the least in common with EFA, least shared weight first and, among equals, lowest correlation.
| ETF | Name | Overlap by weight | Correlation, 3y | Companies in both |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IYR | iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF | 0.0% | 0.54 | 0 |
| USRT | iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | 0.0% | 0.55 | 0 |
| SOXX | iShares Semiconductor ETF | 0.0% | 0.60 | 0 |
| USMV | iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF | 0.0% | 0.65 | 0 |
| IJR | iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 0.0% | 0.67 | 0 |
| VLUE | iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF | 0.0% | 0.70 | 0 |
| IJH | iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 0.0% | 0.72 | 0 |
| SMMD | iShares Russell 2500 ETF | 0.0% | 0.72 | 1 |
Cost, returns and risk
| Expense ratio | 0.32% |
|---|---|
| Dividend yield | 3.24% |
| Total return, 1 year | 13.4% |
| Total return, 3 years cumulative | 71.1% |
| Total return, 5 years cumulative | 50.7% |
| Volatility, annualised | 14.8% |
| Worst fall, 3 years | -11.2% |
| Beta against SPY, 3 years of weekly returns | 0.77 |
| Weight in the ten largest positions | 14.2% |
| Largest single position | 3.0% |
| Assets under management | $76.7B |
Expense ratio, yield and assets are reference data (the expense ratio from EFA's SEC filing of 2025-11-21); the weight in the ten largest positions and the largest single position are from the issuer file of 2026-10-15; every other figure is computed here from weekly closes.
How it moves with the market
| Against | Correlation, 3 years | Covariance, annualised, in percent squared |
|---|---|---|
| SPY | 0.74often in step | 155 |
| QQQ | 0.64loosely linked | 185 |
Weekly total returns. What the bands mean · why the covariance is printed.
Year by year
| Year | Total return |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 9.7% |
| 2025 | 31.5% |
| 2024 | 3.5% |
| 2023 | 18.4% |
| 2022 | -14.4% |
One year
Where to go next
- EFAX, State Street SPDR MSCI EAFE Fossil Fuel Reserves Free ETF
- ESGD, iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
- HAWX, iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF
- HEFA, iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF
- Run a portfolio x-ray to see what EFA carries once you look through it
- Compare EFA against any other ETF in the builder
Holdings from the most recent file iShares has published, dated 2026-10-15. Prices through 2026-10-16. How every figure here is produced. Measurements, not investment advice.
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