What is EFA?

EFA tracks a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market securities based in Europe, Australia and the Far East. It excludes the US and Canada, and small-caps.

PERFORMANCE [as of 03/21/23] 1 MONTH 3 MONTHS YTD 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
EFA -1.40% 4.62% 5.51% -3.01% 16.95% 2.74% 4.65%
EFA (NAV) -1.63% 4.32% 4.94% -3.12% 16.28% 2.74% 4.57%
MSCI EAFE Index -2.80% 3.81% 4.48% -3.66% 15.97% 2.61% 4.55%
MSCI EAFE IMI -2.95% 3.57% 4.11% -4.94% 15.97% 2.23% 4.67%
All returns over 1 year are annualized. All returns are total returns unless otherwise stated.

EFA Factset Analytics Insight

EFA provides highly accessible exposure to probably the best-known international equity index: MSCI’s EAFE. The fund delivers excellent exposure to developed equities, albeit with some definitional differences from peers. It excludes North America and South Korea, while Vanguard’s VEA includes South Korea and Schwab’s SCHF includes both countries. EFA holds only large- and midcap stocks, sister fund IEFA offers similar geographic exposure while including small-caps in marketlike proportion. Launched in 2001, the fund was first in the space. Investors should consider all in costs when comparing the fund to other ETFs in the space. As EFA tends to claw back much of its fee through skillful portfolio management and securities lending revenue sharing. In all, EFA delivers excellent coverage of international equities.

EFA Summary Data

Blackrock
08/14/01
0.32%
$46.46B
MSCI EAFE Index
MSCI EAFE IMI
Open-Ended Fund

Peers

MSCI EAFE IMI

Fund Flows

$0.00B 5 Days
$0.00B 30 Days
-$1.39B 90 Days

EFA Portfolio Data

$84.13B
14.44
1.80
2.56%
06/07/23
801

EFA Index Data

MSCI EAFE Index
Market Cap
Market Cap
MSCI EAFE IMI

EFA Portfolio Management

0.32%
0.06%
0.15%
-0.20%

EFA Tax Exposures

20.00% / 39.60%
--
Qualified dividends
No

EFA Fund Structure

Open-Ended Fund
No
Yes
-- / --
N/A
N/A
Low
Daily

Factset Analytics Block Liquidity

As of 03/22/23

This measurement shows how easy it is to trade a $1 million USD block of EFA. EFA is rated a 5 out of 5.

EFA Tradability

20,166,001
$1.41B
20,021,772
$1.39B
0.01%
$0.01
0.00%
0.30% / -0.35%
None
20.65%
600,000
33.37
0.03%
0.13%
1,486,528
$69.10
5

EFA Sector/Industry Breakdown

EFA Segment
Benchmark
20.48% --
12.65% --
12.09% --
7.65% --
7.37% --
5.70% --
4.44% --
4.32% --
3.76% --
3.54% --

EFA Top 10 Holdings

2.20%
1.77%
1.63%
1.61%
1.40%
1.34%
1.32%
1.22%
1.00%
0.98%
14.46%

EFA Performance Statistics

1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.04%
MSCI EAFE IMI

EFA Countries

EFA Segment
Benchmark
21.51% 22.90%
15.45% 15.40%
12.00% 10.82%
9.96% 9.20%
8.39% 7.90%
8.07% 8.41%
4.54% 4.19%
3.31% 3.62%
2.80% 2.72%
2.79% 2.69%

EFA Regions

EFA Segment
Benchmark
64.60% 62.65%
34.13% 36.02%
0.79% 0.60%
0.50% 0.73%

EFA Economic Development

EFA Segment
Benchmark
100.00% 99.99%
0.00% 0.01%

EFA Benchmark Comparison Holdings

801
3068
791
85.06%

EFA Benchmark Comparison Summary

EFA Segment
Benchmark
801 3068
$84.13B $72.57B
14.44 14.58
1.80 1.72
2.79% 2.78%
Low Low

EFA Benchmark Comparison Market Cap Size

EFA Segment
Benchmark
84.74% 72.72%
14.96% 19.16%
0.02% 7.41%
0.00% 0.62%

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