ETF comparison
DBEF vs SCHF
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · Schwab International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
643 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and SCHF would leave roughly 72.9% 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
SCHF is 32 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/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 SCHF.
Top shared holdings
643 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In SCHF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 2.88% | 2.14% | 2.14% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.57% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 3 | ROCHE HOLDING AG | 1.35% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 4 | NOVARTIS AG | 1.23% | 0.94% | 0.94% |
| 5 | SHELL PLC | 1.11% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 6 | NESTLE' SA/AG | 1.11% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 7 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 1.08% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 8 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.08% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 9 | SIEMENS AG | 1.06% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 10 | BHP GROUP LTD | 1.06% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 11 | SAP SE | 0.99% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| 12 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 0.92% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
Only in DBEF
24 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA 0.35%
- SEA LTD 0.19%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD 0.19%
- NEBIUS GROUP NV 0.18%
- BLACKROCK ASSET MANAGEMENT SCHWEIZ AG 0.13%
- ISHARES TRUST 0.11%
- AERCAP HOLDINGS NV 0.10%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD 0.05%
- STMICROELECTRONICS NV 0.04%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD 0.04%
Only in SCHF
831 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.88%
- SK hynix Inc 2.23%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.94%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.66%
- Shopify Inc 0.59%
- Bank of Montreal 0.40%
- Bank of Nova Scotia/The 0.37%
- Enbridge Inc 0.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.36%
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 0.34%
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- SCHF vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 65.4%
- SCHF vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 65.1%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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