ETF comparison
EWG vs HEDJ
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Germany ETF · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund
Holdings overlap
23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and HEDJ would leave roughly 19.1% 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
EWG is 9 bps cheaper than HEDJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for HEDJ.
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 HEDJ.
Top shared holdings
23 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In HEDJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 12.19% | 4.19% | 4.19% |
| 2 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 5.59% | 3.17% | 3.17% |
| 3 | BASF SE | 2.71% | 1.94% | 1.94% |
| 4 | SAP SE | 11.38% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 5 | Daimler Truck Holding AG | 1.23% | 1.63% | 1.23% |
| 6 | Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft | 1.15% | 1.53% | 1.15% |
| 7 | Hannover Rueck SE | 0.89% | 0.94% | 0.89% |
| 8 | Infineon Technologies AG | 4.22% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 9 | Siemens Healthineers AG | 0.76% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 10 | Heidelberg Materials AG | 1.25% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 11 | Continental Aktiengesellschaft | 0.45% | 0.57% | 0.45% |
| 12 | Talanx Aktiengesellschaft | 0.43% | 0.95% | 0.43% |
Only in EWG
29 total- Allianz SE 9.82%
- Siemens Energy AG 6.32%
- Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen 3.89%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 3.60%
- Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft 3.01%
- Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 2.97%
- Deutsche Post AG 2.96%
- E.ON SE 2.30%
- RWE Aktiengesellschaft 2.16%
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG 1.96%
Only in HEDJ
107 total- ASML HOLDING NV 7.50%
- BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA 6.34%
- BANCO SANTANDER SA 4.84%
- LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 3.96%
- SANOFI SA 3.49%
- L'OREAL SA 3.05%
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV 2.62%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.88%
- ACS ACTIVIDADES DE CONSTRUCCION Y SERVICIOS SA 1.76%
- TENARIS SA 1.48%
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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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