ETF comparison
BBEU vs EWG
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
36 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BBEU and EWG would leave roughly 13.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BBEU is 40 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/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 BBEU vs EWG.
Top shared holdings
36 shared in total| # | Holding | In BBEU | In EWG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens AG | 1.61% | 10.63% | 1.61% |
| 2 | Allianz SE | 1.29% | 8.39% | 1.29% |
| 3 | SAP SE | 1.28% | 10.14% | 1.28% |
| 4 | Siemens Energy AG | 1.20% | 7.26% | 1.20% |
| 5 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.80% | 7.14% | 0.80% |
| 6 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.63% | 3.40% | 0.63% |
| 7 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG | 0.57% | 4.12% | 0.57% |
| 8 | Rheinmetall AG | 0.54% | 4.40% | 0.54% |
| 9 | Deutsche Bank AG | 0.44% | 3.17% | 0.44% |
| 10 | BASF SE | 0.42% | 2.47% | 0.42% |
| 11 | Deutsche Boerse AG | 0.42% | 2.49% | 0.42% |
| 12 | Deutsche Post AG | 0.41% | 2.73% | 0.41% |
Only in BBEU
331 total- ASML Holding NV 4.15%
- HSBC Holdings plc 2.34%
- AstraZeneca plc 2.18%
- Novartis AG 2.09%
- Roche Holding AG 2.08%
- Nestle SA 1.93%
- Shell plc 1.90%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.35%
- Banco Santander SA 1.32%
- Schneider Electric SE 1.28%
Only in EWG
19 total- Symrise AG 0.59%
- GEA Group AG 0.55%
- Fresenius Medical Care AG 0.50%
- QIAGEN NV 0.49%
- Knorr-Bremse AG 0.46%
- Brenntag SE 0.37%
- HOCHTIEF AG 0.36%
- Porsche Automobil Holding SE 0.31%
- Deutsche Lufthansa AG 0.31%
- Scout24 SE 0.31%
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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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