ETF comparison
DBEF vs EFV
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF
Holdings overlap
406 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and EFV would leave roughly 54.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EFV is 4 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for DBEF.
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 DBEF vs EFV.
Top shared holdings
406 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In EFV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.41% | 2.77% | 1.41% |
| 2 | NESTLE' CAPITAL MARKETS SA | 1.23% | 2.29% | 1.23% |
| 3 | Shell PLC | 1.03% | 2.27% | 1.03% |
| 4 | Toyota Motor Corp. | 1.02% | 1.59% | 1.02% |
| 5 | Siemens AG | 0.97% | 1.29% | 0.97% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. | 0.94% | 1.77% | 0.94% |
| 7 | BHP Group Ltd. | 0.93% | 1.76% | 0.93% |
| 8 | Banco Santander SA | 0.82% | 1.57% | 0.82% |
| 9 | Allianz SE | 0.75% | 1.52% | 0.75% |
| 10 | Unilever PLC | 0.70% | 0.72% | 0.70% |
| 11 | TotalEnergies SE | 0.69% | 1.62% | 0.69% |
| 12 | Iberdrola, S.A. | 0.67% | 1.32% | 0.67% |
Only in DBEF
295 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.48%
- Roche Holding AG 1.47%
- AstraZeneca PLC 1.42%
- Novartis AG 1.41%
- DWS GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES PORTFOLIO DWS GOVERNMENT CASH INSTITUTIONAL SHARES 0.97%
- SAP SE 0.92%
- Schneider Electric SE 0.79%
- LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 0.70%
- Hitachi Ltd. 0.67%
- Siemens Energy AG 0.67%
Only in EFV
2 total- Roche Holding AG 2.51%
- SGS SA RTS 0.00%
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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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