ETF comparison
DBEF vs FEZ
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF
Holdings overlap
50 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and FEZ would leave roughly 22.9% 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
FEZ is 6 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/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 FEZ.
Top shared holdings
50 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In FEZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 2.88% | 10.39% | 2.88% |
| 2 | SIEMENS AG | 1.06% | 4.66% | 1.06% |
| 3 | SAP SE | 0.99% | 3.06% | 0.99% |
| 4 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 0.92% | 4.01% | 0.92% |
| 5 | ALLIANZ SE | 0.88% | 3.56% | 0.88% |
| 6 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.83% | 3.72% | 0.83% |
| 7 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.75% | 3.50% | 0.75% |
| 8 | BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA | 0.71% | 2.78% | 0.71% |
| 9 | IBERDROLA SA | 0.64% | 3.10% | 0.64% |
| 10 | AIRBUS SE | 0.60% | 2.59% | 0.60% |
| 11 | SAFRAN SA | 0.59% | 2.88% | 0.59% |
| 12 | UNICREDIT SPA | 0.58% | 2.67% | 0.58% |
Only in DBEF
617 total- 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%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.84%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.82%
Only in FEZ
0 totalEvery FEZ position is also held by DBEF.
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More comparisons with FEZ
- FEZ vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 22.2%
- FEZ vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 21.8%
- FEZ vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 20.0%
- FEZ vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 17.6%
- FEZ vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 17.2%
- FEZ vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 15.8%
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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