ETF comparison
DBEF vs VXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
645 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and VXUS would leave roughly 48.3% 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
VXUS is 30 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
645 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 2.88% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.57% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 3 | ROCHE HOLDING AG | 1.35% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 4 | NOVARTIS AG | 1.23% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 5 | NESTLE' SA/AG | 1.11% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 6 | SHELL PLC | 1.11% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 7 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.08% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 8 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 1.08% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 9 | SIEMENS AG | 1.06% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 10 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.84% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 11 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP | 0.82% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 12 | ALLIANZ SE | 0.88% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
Only in DBEF
22 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%
- FRESENIUS SE & CO. KGAA 0.10%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD 0.05%
- STMICROELECTRONICS NV 0.04%
Only in VXUS
8,091 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.46%
- MediaTek Inc 0.36%
- Bank of Montreal 0.29%
- Enbridge Inc 0.27%
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- DBEF vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 33.6%
- DBEF vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 33.3%
- DBEF vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 25.2%
More comparisons with VXUS
- VXUS vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 47.4%
- VXUS vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 44.1%
- VXUS vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 42.1%
- VXUS vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 38.0%
- VXUS vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 37.0%
- VXUS vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 35.5%
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
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/methodology/.
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