ETF comparison
DBEF vs ESGD
Both International Developed.
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Holdings overlap
357 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and ESGD would leave roughly 69.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ESGD is 15 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/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 ESGD.
Top shared holdings
357 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In ESGD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.48% | 2.80% | 2.48% |
| 2 | Novartis AG | 1.41% | 1.76% | 1.41% |
| 3 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.41% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 4 | AstraZeneca PLC | 1.42% | 1.22% | 1.22% |
| 5 | NESTLE' CAPITAL MARKETS SA | 1.23% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 6 | Roche Holding AG | 1.47% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 7 | Siemens AG | 0.97% | 1.11% | 0.97% |
| 8 | SAP SE | 0.92% | 1.06% | 0.92% |
| 9 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.91% | 0.93% | 0.91% |
| 10 | Shell PLC | 1.03% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 11 | Banco Santander SA | 0.82% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 12 | Toyota Motor Corp. | 1.02% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
Only in DBEF
344 total- DWS GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES PORTFOLIO DWS GOVERNMENT CASH INSTITUTIONAL SHARES 0.97%
- British American Tobacco PLC 0.60%
- Rio Tinto PLC 0.49%
- Compagnie Financiere Richemont Sa 0.48%
- Mitsui & Co Ltd. 0.41%
- Vinci SA 0.36%
- Investor AB 0.34%
- DHL GROUP 0.24%
- Compass Group PLC 0.23%
- BASF SE 0.22%
Only in ESGD
5 total- DCC PLC 0.20%
- SG Holdings Co Ltd 0.09%
- BlackRock Funds III 0.07%
- Wix.com Ltd 0.05%
- Isracard Ltd 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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