ETF comparison
DBEF vs EWG
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Germany ETF
Holdings overlap
50 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and EWG would leave roughly 8.7% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DBEF is 14 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/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 DBEF vs EWG.
Top shared holdings
50 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In EWG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIEMENS AG | 1.06% | 12.19% | 1.06% |
| 2 | SAP SE | 0.99% | 11.38% | 0.99% |
| 3 | ALLIANZ SE | 0.88% | 9.82% | 0.88% |
| 4 | SIEMENS ENERGY AG | 0.56% | 6.32% | 0.56% |
| 5 | DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG | 0.49% | 5.59% | 0.49% |
| 6 | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 0.38% | 4.22% | 0.38% |
| 7 | MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT AG | 0.34% | 3.89% | 0.34% |
| 8 | DEUTSCHE BANK AG | 0.30% | 3.60% | 0.30% |
| 9 | DEUTSCHE BOERSE AG | 0.27% | 3.01% | 0.27% |
| 10 | RHEINMETALL AG | 0.27% | 2.97% | 0.27% |
| 11 | DEUTSCHE POST AG | 0.26% | 2.96% | 0.26% |
| 12 | BAYER AG | 0.25% | 2.77% | 0.25% |
Only in DBEF
617 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%
- BANCO SANTANDER SA 0.92%
Only in EWG
2 total- Scout24 SE 0.31%
- CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA 0.19%
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- DBEF vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 5.8%
- DBEF vs EWP · iShares MSCI Spain ETF 4.0%
- DBEF vs EWS · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF 1.8%
- DBEF vs EWH · iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF 1.8%
- DBEF vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 1.4%
More comparisons with EWG
- EWG vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 8.7%
- EWG vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 8.6%
- EWG vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 8.3%
- EWG vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 7.6%
- EWG vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 7.4%
- EWG vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 7.3%
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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