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DBEF vs EWC

Both International Developed.

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Canada ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and EWC would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DBEF unmatched 98.1% Shared 0.0% EWC unmatched 99.7%

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.

In DBEF only
667 positions
Shared
0 positions
In EWC only
84 positions

Side by side

DBEF

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF

DWS · International Developed

81 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$9.32B
TTM yield
2.25%
Top-10 conc.
13.5%
EWC

iShares MSCI Canada ETF

iShares · International Developed

67 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$7.58B
TTM yield
1.24%
Top-10 conc.
44.1%

Sub-score comparison

65
Cost
50
78
Tax efficiency
81
99
Liquidity
95
95
Concentration
51
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Tracking quality
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DBEF sub-score EWC

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

DBEF is 15 bps cheaper than EWC. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for EWC.

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 EWC.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in DBEF

667 total
  • ASML HOLDING NV 2.88%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.57%
  • ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.35%
  • NOVARTIS AG 1.23%
  • SHELL PLC 1.11%
  • NESTLE' SA/AG 1.11%
  • MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 1.08%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.08%
  • BHP GROUP LTD 1.06%
  • SIEMENS AG 1.06%

Only in EWC

84 total
  • ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 8.98%
  • THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 6.30%
  • SHOPIFY INC. 5.68%
  • BANK OF MONTREAL 3.69%
  • THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 3.55%
  • Enbridge Inc. 3.47%
  • CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 3.29%
  • CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE 3.28%
  • AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 3.24%
  • Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited 2.60%

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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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