ETF comparison
DBEF vs SCHF
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · Schwab International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
674 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and SCHF would leave roughly 74.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
674 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In SCHF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.48% | 1.95% | 1.95% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.47% | 1.14% | 1.14% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.41% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 4 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.41% | 1.10% | 1.10% |
| 5 | AstraZeneca PLC | 1.42% | 1.07% | 1.07% |
| 6 | NESTLE' CAPITAL MARKETS SA | 1.23% | 0.94% | 0.94% |
| 7 | Toyota Motor Corp. | 1.02% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 8 | Shell PLC | 1.03% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 9 | Siemens AG | 0.97% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. | 0.94% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 11 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.91% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 12 | SAP SE | 0.92% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
Only in DBEF
27 total- DWS GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES PORTFOLIO DWS GOVERNMENT CASH INSTITUTIONAL SHARES 0.97%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA 0.35%
- SEA LTD 0.19%
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 0.17%
- iShares Trust 0.13%
- AERCAP HOLDINGS NV 0.11%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.09%
- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 0.06%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LTD 0.04%
- STMICROELECTRONICS NV 0.04%
Only in SCHF
805 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.41%
- SK hynix Inc 1.36%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.81%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.56%
- Shopify Inc 0.50%
- Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 0.43%
- Enbridge Inc 0.39%
- Bank of Montreal 0.35%
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 0.32%
- Bank of Nova Scotia/The 0.32%
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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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