ETF comparison
EWG vs EZU
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
54 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and EZU would leave roughly 26.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EWG is 1 bps cheaper than EZU. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for EZU.
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 EWG vs EZU.
Top shared holdings
54 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In EZU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens AG | 10.63% | 2.80% | 2.80% |
| 2 | SAP SE | 10.14% | 2.67% | 2.67% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 8.39% | 2.21% | 2.21% |
| 4 | Siemens Energy AG | 7.26% | 1.91% | 1.91% |
| 5 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 7.14% | 1.88% | 1.88% |
| 6 | Rheinmetall AG | 4.40% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 7 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen | 4.12% | 1.09% | 1.09% |
| 8 | Infineon Technologies AG | 3.40% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 9 | Deutsche Bank AG | 3.17% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 10 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.73% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 11 | E.ON SE | 2.52% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 12 | Deutsche Boerse AG | 2.49% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
Only in EWG
1 total- BlackRock Funds III 0.28%
Only in EZU
171 total- ASML Holding N.V. 7.20%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 2.39%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 2.28%
- LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 2.04%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 2.03%
- Iberdrola, S.A. 1.94%
- SAFRAN SA 1.85%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 1.70%
- Airbus SE 1.64%
- L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE SA 1.55%
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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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