ETF comparison
DBEF vs EFG
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
365 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and EFG would leave roughly 50.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EFG is 1 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 EFG.
Top shared holdings
365 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In EFG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.48% | 5.46% | 2.48% |
| 2 | AstraZeneca PLC | 1.42% | 2.86% | 1.42% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.41% | 2.73% | 1.41% |
| 4 | SAP SE | 0.92% | 1.70% | 0.92% |
| 5 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.91% | 1.33% | 0.91% |
| 6 | Schneider Electric SE | 0.79% | 1.70% | 0.79% |
| 7 | Siemens AG | 0.97% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 8 | LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | 0.70% | 1.29% | 0.70% |
| 9 | Hitachi Ltd. | 0.67% | 1.41% | 0.67% |
| 10 | Siemens Energy AG | 0.67% | 1.60% | 0.67% |
| 11 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.66% | 1.32% | 0.66% |
| 12 | ABB Ltd. | 0.64% | 1.54% | 0.64% |
Only in DBEF
336 total- Roche Holding AG 1.47%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.41%
- NESTLE' CAPITAL MARKETS SA 1.23%
- Shell PLC 1.03%
- Toyota Motor Corp. 1.02%
- DWS GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES PORTFOLIO DWS GOVERNMENT CASH INSTITUTIONAL SHARES 0.97%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 0.94%
- BHP Group Ltd. 0.93%
- Banco Santander SA 0.82%
- Allianz SE 0.75%
Only in EFG
6 total- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.30%
- CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD 0.01%
- Kongsberg Maritime ASA 0.01%
- SGS SA RTS 0.00%
- Keppel REIT 0.00%
- NMC HEALTH PLC 0.00%
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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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