ETF comparison
DBEF vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
381 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and VGK would leave roughly 60.2% 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
VGK is 29 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
381 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 2.88% | 3.95% | 2.88% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.57% | 2.27% | 1.57% |
| 3 | ROCHE HOLDING AG | 1.35% | 1.91% | 1.35% |
| 4 | NOVARTIS AG | 1.23% | 1.81% | 1.23% |
| 5 | NESTLE' SA/AG | 1.11% | 1.60% | 1.11% |
| 6 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.08% | 1.59% | 1.08% |
| 7 | SIEMENS AG | 1.06% | 1.49% | 1.06% |
| 8 | SAP SE | 0.99% | 1.17% | 0.99% |
| 9 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 0.92% | 1.28% | 0.92% |
| 10 | ALLIANZ SE | 0.88% | 1.18% | 0.88% |
| 11 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.83% | 1.13% | 0.83% |
| 12 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.76% | 1.04% | 0.76% |
Only in DBEF
286 total- MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 1.08%
- BHP GROUP LTD 1.06%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.84%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.82%
- SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.70%
- TOKYO ELECTRON LTD 0.69%
- ADVANTEST CORP 0.68%
- RECRUIT HOLDINGS CO LTD 0.67%
- HITACHI LTD 0.66%
- SONY GROUP CORP 0.64%
Only in VGK
847 total- Air Liquide SA 0.48%
- L'Oreal SA 0.35%
- Engie SA 0.20%
- Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.18%
- Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA 0.16%
- Amrize Ltd 0.16%
- Sampo Oyj 0.15%
- ORLEN SA 0.14%
- Investor AB 0.14%
- Fresenius SE & Co KGaA 0.13%
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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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