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ASHR vs IEFA

International Emerging vs International Developed.

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ASHR and IEFA would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ASHR unmatched 37.2% Shared 0.0% IEFA unmatched 99.6%

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.

In ASHR only
285 positions
Shared
0 positions
In IEFA only
2,613 positions

Holdings data for ASHR covers 37.2% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Side by side

ASHR

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

DWS · International Emerging

58 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.65%
Net assets
$1.39B
TTM yield
2.47%
Top-10 conc.
19.6%
IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$190.21B
TTM yield
3.44%
Top-10 conc.
11.9%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
93
76
Tax efficiency
76
63
Liquidity
100
86
Concentration
97
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Tracking quality
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ASHR sub-score IEFA

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IEFA is 58 bps cheaper than ASHR. On a $100,000 position that's about $580/yr more in fees for ASHR.

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 ASHR vs IEFA.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in ASHR

285 total
  • EOPTOLINK TECHNOLOGY INC LTD 2.62%
  • CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 1.34%
  • SUZHOU DONGSHAN PRECISION MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD 1.05%
  • KWEICHOW MOUTAI COMPANY LTD 0.91%
  • VICTORY GIANT TECHNOLOGY (HUIZHOU) CO LTD 0.85%
  • PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 0.82%
  • SUZHOU TFC OPTICAL COMMUNICATION CO LTD 0.81%
  • WUS PRINTED CIRCUIT (KUNSHAN)CO LTD 0.69%
  • ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO LTD 0.68%
  • ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT CO LTD 0.55%

Only in IEFA

2,613 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.20%
  • Novartis AG 1.12%
  • Nestle S.A. 1.00%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
  • SHELL PLC 1.00%
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%

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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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