ETF comparison
DBEF vs EWU
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF
Holdings overlap
66 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and EWU would leave roughly 14.1% 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 15 bps cheaper than EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU.
Top shared holdings
66 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In EWU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.57% | 10.95% | 1.57% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 1.11% | 7.93% | 1.11% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.08% | 7.59% | 1.08% |
| 4 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.76% | 5.28% | 0.76% |
| 5 | UNILEVER PLC | 0.61% | 4.33% | 0.61% |
| 6 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC | 0.49% | 3.46% | 0.49% |
| 7 | RIO TINTO PLC | 0.49% | 3.40% | 0.49% |
| 8 | BP PLC | 0.48% | 3.49% | 0.48% |
| 9 | GSK PLC | 0.45% | 3.17% | 0.45% |
| 10 | BARCLAYS PLC | 0.40% | 2.80% | 0.40% |
| 11 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 0.38% | 2.67% | 0.38% |
| 12 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 0.36% | 2.50% | 0.36% |
Only in DBEF
601 total- ASML HOLDING NV 2.88%
- ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.35%
- NOVARTIS AG 1.23%
- NESTLE' SA/AG 1.11%
- MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 1.08%
- BHP GROUP LTD 1.06%
- SIEMENS AG 1.06%
- SAP SE 0.99%
- BANCO SANTANDER SA 0.92%
- ALLIANZ SE 0.88%
Only in EWU
2 total- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.13%
- NMC HEALTH PLC 0.00%
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- DBEF vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 8.7%
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More comparisons with EWU
- EWU vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 13.7%
- EWU vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 13.6%
- EWU vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 13.2%
- EWU vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 12.7%
- EWU vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 12.7%
- EWU vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 11.1%
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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