ETF comparison
DBEF vs EWJ
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Japan ETF
Holdings overlap
166 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and EWJ would leave roughly 23.3% 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 EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for EWJ.
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 EWJ.
Top shared holdings
166 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In EWJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 1.08% | 4.62% | 1.08% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP | 0.82% | 3.53% | 0.82% |
| 3 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.70% | 2.96% | 0.70% |
| 4 | TOKYO ELECTRON LTD | 0.69% | 2.98% | 0.69% |
| 5 | ADVANTEST CORP | 0.68% | 2.91% | 0.68% |
| 6 | RECRUIT HOLDINGS CO LTD | 0.67% | 2.85% | 0.67% |
| 7 | HITACHI LTD | 0.66% | 2.85% | 0.66% |
| 8 | SONY GROUP CORP | 0.64% | 2.74% | 0.64% |
| 9 | MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.55% | 2.39% | 0.55% |
| 10 | SOFTBANK GROUP CORP | 0.53% | 2.27% | 0.53% |
| 11 | KIOXIA HOLDINGS CORP | 0.53% | 1.84% | 0.53% |
| 12 | KEYENCE CORP | 0.43% | 1.86% | 0.43% |
Only in DBEF
501 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%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.08%
- BHP GROUP LTD 1.06%
- SIEMENS AG 1.06%
- SAP SE 0.99%
Only in EWJ
2 total- JFE Holdings, Inc. 0.12%
- SEIBU HOLDINGS INC. 0.08%
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- DBEF vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 17.5%
- DBEF vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 17.0%
- DBEF vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 14.1%
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- EWJ vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 22.9%
- EWJ vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 22.7%
- EWJ vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 22.5%
- EWJ vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 19.7%
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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