ETF comparison
DBEF vs HEFA
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and HEFA would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.35% vs 0.35%).
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 HEFA.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo 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 HEFA
1 total- iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 101.20%
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- DBEF vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 91.0%
- DBEF vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 85.1%
More comparisons with HEFA
- HEFA vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 0.0%
- HEFA vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 0.0%
- HEFA vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 0.0%
- HEFA vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 0.0%
- HEFA vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 0.0%
- HEFA vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 0.0%
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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.