ETF comparison
DBEF vs EWJ
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Japan ETF
Holdings overlap
165 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and EWJ would leave roughly 22.6% 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
DBEF is 14 bps cheaper than EWJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for EWJ.
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 EWJ.
Top shared holdings
165 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In EWJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.90% | 4.05% | 0.90% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP | 0.81% | 3.43% | 0.81% |
| 3 | SOFTBANK GROUP CORP | 0.79% | 3.34% | 0.79% |
| 4 | TOKYO ELECTRON LTD | 0.66% | 2.87% | 0.66% |
| 5 | HITACHI LTD | 0.65% | 2.84% | 0.65% |
| 6 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.60% | 2.56% | 0.60% |
| 7 | KIOXIA HOLDINGS CORP | 0.58% | 1.49% | 0.58% |
| 8 | SONY GROUP CORP | 0.57% | 2.54% | 0.57% |
| 9 | ADVANTEST CORP | 0.54% | 2.39% | 0.54% |
| 10 | MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.48% | 2.14% | 0.48% |
| 11 | FAST RETAILING COMPANY LTD | 0.44% | 1.89% | 0.44% |
| 12 | MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD | 0.44% | 2.01% | 0.44% |
Only in DBEF
520 total- ASML HOLDING NV 2.82%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.45%
- ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.33%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.26%
- NOVARTIS AG 1.24%
- NESTLE' SA/AG 1.18%
- SHELL PLC 1.06%
- SIEMENS AG 1.05%
- BHP GROUP LTD 1.03%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.89%
Only in EWJ
13 total- Shimadzu Corporation 0.11%
- Sony Financial Group Inc. 0.10%
- Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. 0.10%
- TOKYU CORPORATION 0.10%
- MatsukiyoCocokara & Co. 0.09%
- TIS Inc. 0.09%
- SYSMEX CORPORATION 0.09%
- M3, Inc. 0.08%
- MonotaRO Co Ltd 0.06%
- TSURUHA HOLDINGS INC. 0.05%
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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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