ETF comparison
AVDE vs EWG
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
49 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and EWG would leave roughly 5.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
AVDE is 26 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for EWG.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AVDE vs EWG.
Top shared holdings
49 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In EWG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allianz SE | 0.56% | 9.82% | 0.56% |
| 2 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.46% | 5.59% | 0.46% |
| 3 | RWE AG | 0.35% | 2.16% | 0.35% |
| 4 | Deutsche Bank AG | 0.28% | 3.60% | 0.28% |
| 5 | Siemens Energy AG | 0.26% | 6.32% | 0.26% |
| 6 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen | 0.26% | 3.89% | 0.26% |
| 7 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.25% | 4.22% | 0.25% |
| 8 | DHL AG | 0.23% | 2.96% | 0.23% |
| 9 | Rheinmetall AG | 0.22% | 2.97% | 0.22% |
| 10 | Daimler Truck Holding AG | 0.21% | 1.23% | 0.21% |
| 11 | BASF SE | 0.19% | 2.71% | 0.19% |
| 12 | Siemens AG | 0.19% | 12.19% | 0.19% |
Only in AVDE
3,280 total- ASML Holding NV 1.32%
- Roche Holding AG 0.93%
- Shell PLC 0.85%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.62%
- BHP Group Ltd 0.61%
- UBS Group AG 0.57%
- Safran SA 0.54%
- Novartis AG 0.53%
- Nestle SA 0.50%
Only in EWG
3 total- SAP SE 11.38%
- COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft. 1.49%
- Fresenius Medical Care AG 0.43%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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